cocking

English

Etymology

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

Verb

cocking

1. present participle of cock

Noun

cocking (countable and uncountable, plural cockings)

1. (archaic) The hunting of gamecocks.
2. (obsolete) Cockfighting.
   • 1792, The European Magazine, and London Review (volume 21, page 313)

     Thus circumstanced, he became the avowed companion of sharpers and gamblers, attended cockings and races […]

Derived terms

• cocker, cocker spaniel

Adjective

cocking (not comparable)

1. (vulgar) offensive or worthless
   • 2000, Neil Kurtzman, Doing Nothing, page 180:

     "Son of a cocking bastard."