toco
English
Etymology 1
Shortening.
Noun
toco (plural tocos)
- Clipping of tocodynamometer.
Etymology 2
From Hindi ठोको (ṭhoko), second-person plural imperative form of ठोकना (ṭhoknā, “to strike, hit, beat”), from Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 2 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "psu" is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF., from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀞𑁄𑀓𑀢𑀺 (*ṭhokati).
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -əʊkəʊ
Noun
toco (uncountable)
- (obsolete, British slang) Corporal punishment; chastisement; beatings.
- 1857, Thomas Hughes, “Rugby and Football”, in Tom Brown's School Days[1], London: Macmilla and Co., published 1928, page 95:
- The School leaders come up furious, and administer toco to the wretched fags nearest at hand; they may well be angry, for it is all Lombard-street to a china orange that the School-house kick a goal with the ball touched in such a good place.
- 1885, W[illiam] S[chwenck] Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan, The Mikado[2], act 1, London: G. Bell and Sons, published 1911, page 17:
- Yum-Yum: But as I'm engaged to Ko-Ko, / To embrace you thus, con fuoco, / Would distinctly be no gioco, / And for yam I should get toco—
Both: Toco, toco, toco, toco.
Derived terms
Etymology 3
From Tupian.
Noun
toco (plural tocos)
- a toco toucan
- 2007, Les Beletsky, Bird Songs from Around the World, Chronicle Books (→ISBN), page 90:
- The Toco Toucan is surely among the most striking of the toucans, with its black-and-white body and enormous yellow-orange bill. [...] Tocos make loud rattling or clacking sounds with their bills.
- 2014, R. Eric Miller, Murray E. Fowler, Fowler's Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine, Volume 8 - E-Book, Elsevier Health Sciences (→ISBN), page 234:
- Diabetes mellitus has been reported in tocos (R. toco) and keel-billed toucans.
- 2007, Les Beletsky, Bird Songs from Around the World, Chronicle Books (→ISBN), page 90:
Anagrams
Asturian
Verb
(deprecated template usage) toco
Catalan
Pronunciation
Verb
toco
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Galician
Etymology 1
From a substrate pre-Latin language, from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”).[1]
Akin to Spanish tocón (“stump”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
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Noun
toco m (plural tocos)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
toco
References
- Template:R:DDLG
- Template:R:TILG
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “toco”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Noun
toco m (plural tocos)
Verb
toco
Spanish
Pronunciation
Verb
toco
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