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toco¹

Where it comes from

Shortening.

noun tocos

  1. abbreviation, clipping Clipping of tocodynamometer

toco²

  • /ˈtəʊ.kəʊ/ UK
  • /ˈtoʊ.koʊ/ US

Rhymes with -əʊkəʊ

Where it comes from

From Hindi ठोको (ṭhoko), second-person plural imperative form of ठोकना (ṭhoknā, “to strike, hit, beat”), from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀞𑁄𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀤𑀺 (*ṭhokkadi), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀞𑁄𑀓𑀢𑀺 (*ṭhokati).

noun toko

  1. British, obsolete, slang, uncountable Corporal punishment; chastisement; beatings. The School leaders come up furious, and administer toco to the wretched fags nearest at hand; they may well be angry, for it is all Lombard-street to a china orange that the School-house kick a goal with the ball touched in such a good place.

toco³

Where it comes from

From taxonomic name Ramphastos toco.

noun tocos

  1. Synonym of toco toucan The Toco Toucan is surely among the most striking of the toucans, with its black-and-white body and enormous yellow-orange bill. [...] Tocos make loud rattling or clacking sounds with their bills.

    Similar: toco toucan

toco⁴

noun tocos

  1. Crateva tapia, a fruit tree of South and Central America.

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"toco." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/toco. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

toco. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/toco

Chicago

"toco." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/toco.

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@misc{toco_2026,
  title = {toco},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/toco},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}