"cockshy" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "cock + shy; so called from an ancient popular sport which consisted in shying or throwing cudgels at live cocks.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "cockshies",
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        "A game in which trinkets are set upon sticks, to be thrown at by the players."
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        "An object at which stones are flung; (by extension) a person who is abused or vilified."
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    {
      "form": "cockshies",
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "cockshying",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "cockshied",
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    {
      "form": "cockshied",
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        "To pelt; to throw things at."
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        "(transitive, intransitive) To pelt; to throw things at."
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  "word": "cockshy"
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