cocking

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noun

The hunting of gamecocks.

“cockings of the head”

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Meanings

cocking1

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of cock
nouncocking (countable and uncountable, plural cockings)

plural cockings

  1. archaiccountableuncountableThe hunting of gamecocks.
  2. countableobsoleteuncountableCockfighting.

    Thus circumstanced, he became the avowed companion of sharpers and gamblers, attended cockings and races […]

    1792, The European Magazine, and London Review, volume 21, page 313
  3. countableuncountableA boastful tilt; the act of cocking something.

    cockings of the head

adjectivecocking (not comparable)
  1. not comparablevulgarOffensive or worthless

    "Son of a cocking bastard."

    2000, Neil Kurtzman, Doing Nothing, page 180

    Synonyms: fucking, no good, shitstained, bastardly, blown, cacky, chaffy, crapalicious

Cocking2

proper nounCocking (countable and uncountable, plural Cockings)

plural Cockings

  1. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU8717).
  2. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOffensive or worthless

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Origin

cocking · verb, noun, adjective

From cock (“a male bird, esp. a rooster; many derivatives, incl. penis”) + -ing (forming participles).

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Cocking · proper noun

From the Old English personal name Cocca + -ing (“(settlement) belonging to”).

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Cite this entry
APA

cocking. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cocking

MLA

“cocking.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cocking. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cocking,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cocking.

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