"cocking" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "From cock (“a male bird, esp. a rooster; many derivatives, incl. penis”) + -ing (forming participles).",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "word": "cock"
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        "present participle and gerund of cock"
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        "present"
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  ],
  "word": "cocking"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cocking of a snook"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From cock (“a male bird, esp. a rooster; many derivatives, incl. penis”) + -ing (forming participles).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cockings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cocker"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cocker spaniel"
    }
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        {
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          "kind": "topical",
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          "name": "Hunting",
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      "glosses": [
        "The hunting of gamecocks."
      ],
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          "gamecock"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) The hunting of gamecocks."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1792, The European Magazine, and London Review, volume 21, page 313:",
          "text": "Thus circumstanced, he became the avowed companion of sharpers and gamblers, attended cockings and races […]",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Cockfighting."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Cockfighting."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "obsolete",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cocking"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "From cock (“a male bird, esp. a rooster; many derivatives, incl. penis”) + -ing (forming participles).",
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      "expansion": "cocking (not comparable)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2000, Neil Kurtzman, Doing Nothing, page 180:",
          "text": "\"Son of a cocking bastard.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "offensive or worthless"
      ],
      "id": "en-cocking-en-adj-irJH8xLb",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(vulgar) offensive or worthless"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable",
        "vulgar"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cocking"
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  "etymology_text": "From cock (“a male bird, esp. a rooster; many derivatives, incl. penis”) + -ing (forming participles).",
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        "present participle and gerund of cock"
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  "word": "cocking"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "cocking of a snook"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From cock (“a male bird, esp. a rooster; many derivatives, incl. penis”) + -ing (forming participles).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cockings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "cocker"
    },
    {
      "word": "cocker spaniel"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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      "glosses": [
        "The hunting of gamecocks."
      ],
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        [
          "gamecock",
          "gamecock"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) The hunting of gamecocks."
      ],
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        "archaic",
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        "uncountable"
      ]
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1792, The European Magazine, and London Review, volume 21, page 313:",
          "text": "Thus circumstanced, he became the avowed companion of sharpers and gamblers, attended cockings and races […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Cockfighting."
      ],
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        [
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Cockfighting."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "obsolete",
        "uncountable"
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    }
  ],
  "word": "cocking"
}

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  "etymology_text": "From cock (“a male bird, esp. a rooster; many derivatives, incl. penis”) + -ing (forming participles).",
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  "pos": "adj",
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          "text": "\"Son of a cocking bastard.\"",
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      "glosses": [
        "offensive or worthless"
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        "(vulgar) offensive or worthless"
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        "not-comparable",
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  "word": "cocking"
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