Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A boastful tilt; the act of cocking something.

    cockings of the head

  2. (archaic, countable, uncountable)The hunting of gamecocks.

  3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Cockfighting.

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: cockings
Singularcocking
Pluralcockings

regular

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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