verb General Slang

Tolchock

/ˈtɒltʃɒk/ · verb · slang

Nadsat for a blow or to hit, from the Russian 'tolchok', a push or shove.

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Definitions

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As a verb, to tolchock is to hit, strike, or knock. Source word: Russian 'tolchok' (толчок), literally a 'push', 'shove', or 'jolt'.

“Alex tolchocks the old man in the street without warning.”
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Part of Nadsat's large vocabulary for casual violence, which Burgess uses to numb and distance the reader from Alex's brutality.

“He talks of a tolchock the way others talk of a handshake.”
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As a noun, a tolchock is a blow or punch.

“One good tolchock and the veck was on the ground.”
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Tolchock In A Sentence

He tolchocked the drunk veck just for laughing.
A single tolchock to the gulliver ended the argument.
They tolchocked their way through the crowd to the bar.

Origin & Usage

Coined by Burgess in A Clockwork Orange (1962) from the Russian 'tolchok', a push or jolt. The softened euphemism for violence is part of how Nadsat insulates the reader from the narrator's acts.

Variants tolchockedtolchockingtolchok
Tags #nadsat#clockwork-orange#fictional#literary#violence

People Also Ask

What does tolchock mean?

It is Nadsat for a blow or to hit, from the Russian 'tolchok', meaning a push or shove.

Why does Nadsat have so many violence words?

Burgess used unfamiliar terms like tolchock to blunt the horror of Alex's acts and distance the reader.

Is tolchock a noun or a verb?

Both. You can give someone a tolchock, or you can tolchock them.

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