Cocking vs Cockling - What's the difference?
cocking | cockling |
(archaic) The hunting of gamecocks.
(obsolete) Cockfighting.
* 1792 , The European Magazine, and London Review (volume 21, page 313)
(vulgar) offensive or worthless
* 2000 , Neil Kurtzman, Doing Nothing (page 180)
A young, small, or immature cock.
*1725 , Sir Philip Sidney, The works of the Honourable Sir Philip Sidney :
*1858 , The Knickerbocker: or, New-York monthly magazine - Volume 54 - Page 521:
*1920 , The Pennsylvania magazine of history and biography - Volume 44 - Page 74:
As verbs the difference between cocking and cockling
is that cocking is while cockling is .As nouns the difference between cocking and cockling
is that cocking is (archaic) the hunting of gamecocks while cockling is a young, small, or immature cock.As an adjective cocking
is (vulgar) offensive or worthless.cocking
English
Verb
(head)Noun
- Thus circumstanced, he became the avowed companion of sharpers and gamblers, attended cockings and races
Derived terms
* cocker, cocker spanielAdjective
(-)- "Son of a cocking bastard."
cockling
English
Etymology 1
From .Verb
(head)Etymology 2
From .Noun
(en noun)- These cocklings cocker'd we bewail too late, When that we see our off-spring gaily bent, Women manwood, and men effeminate.
- Take warning in time, cocklings ; look sharp — but not in this direction, if you please.'
- 'That ere our pretty Cocklings learn to crow, To pamper Lust they must to Market go?