toco
Synonym of toco toucanSynonym of toco toucan
UK/ˈtəʊ.kəʊ/US/ˈtoʊ.koʊ/
Meaning
3 sensesSynonym of toco toucan
Crateva tapia, a fruit tree of South and Central America.
(British, obsolete, slang, uncountable)Corporal punishment; chastisement; beatings.
Origin
From Hindi ठोको (ṭhoko), second-person plural imperative form of ठोकना (ṭhoknā, “to strikeFrom 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).
From taxonomic name Ramphastos toco.
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Forms
plural: tocosSynonyms
1 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsDerivedgive toco
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable