cocking

See also: Cocking

English

Etymology

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

Verb

cocking

1. present participle and gerund of cock

Noun

cocking (countable and uncountable, plural cockings)

1. (archaic) The hunting of gamecocks.
2. (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 […]

Derived terms

• cocking of a snook

Related terms

• cocker, cocker spaniel

Adjective

cocking (not comparable)

1. (vulgar) offensive or worthless
   • 2000, Neil Kurtzman, Doing Nothing, page 180:

     "Son of a cocking bastard."