cocking
See also: Cocking
English edit
Etymology edit
From cock (“a male bird, esp. a rooster; many derivatives, incl. penis”) + -ing (forming participles).
Verb edit
cocking
- present participle and gerund of cock
Noun edit
cocking (countable and uncountable, plural cockings)
- (archaic) The hunting of gamecocks.
- (obsolete) Cockfighting.
- 1792, The European Magazine, and London Review, volume 21, page 313:
- Thus circumstanced, he became the avowed companion of sharpers and gamblers, attended cockings and races […]
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Adjective edit
cocking (not comparable)
- (vulgar) offensive or worthless
- 2000, Neil Kurtzman, Doing Nothing, page 180:
- "Son of a cocking bastard."