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Cocking
adj, name, noun, verb
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 offensive or worthless not-comparable, vulgar
""Son of a cocking bastard.""
Proper Noun
- 1 A village and civil parish in Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU8717). countable, uncountable
- 2 A habitational surname from Old English. countable, uncountable
Noun
- 1 The hunting of gamecocks. archaic, countable, uncountable
- 2 Cockfighting. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"Thus circumstanced, he became the avowed companion of sharpers and gamblers, attended cockings and races […]"
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of cock form-of, gerund, participle, present
Etymology
Etymology 1
From cock (“a male bird, esp. a rooster; many derivatives, incl. penis”) + -ing (forming participles).
Etymology 2
From cock (“a male bird, esp. a rooster; many derivatives, incl. penis”) + -ing (forming participles).
Etymology 3
From cock (“a male bird, esp. a rooster; many derivatives, incl. penis”) + -ing (forming participles).
Etymology 4
From the Old English personal name Cocca + -ing (“(settlement) belonging to”).
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