"cocking" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: From cock (“a male bird, esp. a rooster; many derivatives, incl. penis”) + -ing (forming participles). Etymology templates: {{m|en|cock||a male bird, esp. a rooster; many derivatives, incl. penis}} cock (“a male bird, esp. a rooster; many derivatives, incl. penis”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} cocking (not comparable)
  1. (vulgar) offensive or worthless Tags: not-comparable, vulgar
    Sense id: en-cocking-en-adj-irJH8xLb

Noun [English]

Forms: cockings [plural]
Etymology: From cock (“a male bird, esp. a rooster; many derivatives, incl. penis”) + -ing (forming participles). Etymology templates: {{m|en|cock||a male bird, esp. a rooster; many derivatives, incl. penis}} cock (“a male bird, esp. a rooster; many derivatives, incl. penis”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} cocking (countable and uncountable, plural cockings)
  1. (archaic) The hunting of gamecocks. Tags: archaic, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Hunting
    Sense id: en-cocking-en-noun-vxuW1LZ0 Disambiguation of Hunting: 13 57 9 22
  2. (obsolete) Cockfighting. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-cocking-en-noun-oqTpe01M
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cocking of a snook Related terms: cocker, cocker spaniel

Verb [English]

Etymology: From cock (“a male bird, esp. a rooster; many derivatives, incl. penis”) + -ing (forming participles). Etymology templates: {{m|en|cock||a male bird, esp. a rooster; many derivatives, incl. penis}} cock (“a male bird, esp. a rooster; many derivatives, incl. penis”) Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} cocking
  1. present participle and gerund of cock Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: cock
    Sense id: en-cocking-en-verb-rbh5ZUUd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 31 4 60 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 26 6 62

Inflected forms

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