woodcock means A surname from Old English. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.
woodcock is pronounced /ˈwʊd.kɒk/.
Etymology
From Old English wuducoc (“woodcock”), a nickname for a stupid or gullible person.
name
- A surname from Old English.
- A borough and neighbouring township in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States.
noun
- Any of several wading birds in the genus Scolopax, characterised by a long slender bill and cryptic brown and blackish plumage.“"[A]h, that was the woodcock and the goatsucker - yes, yes! it sounds strange to him, that hasn't heard him[.]"”
- A simpleton.“If I loved you not, I would laugh at you, and see you / Run your neck into the noose, and cry, "A woodcock!"”