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cocking¹

Where it comes from

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

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of cock

noun cockings

  1. archaic, countable, uncountable The hunting of gamecocks.
  2. countable, obsolete, uncountable Cockfighting. Thus circumstanced, he became the avowed companion of sharpers and gamblers, attended cockings and races […]
  3. countable, uncountable A boastful tilt; the act of cocking something. cockings of the head

adjective

  1. not comparable, vulgar Offensive or worthless "Son of a cocking bastard."

    Similar: fucking, no good, shitstained, bastardly, blown, cacky, chaffy, cocking, crapalicious, cruddy, cullionly, draffish

Cocking²

Where it comes from

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

proper noun Cockings

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

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@misc{cocking_2026,
  title = {cocking},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cocking},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}