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Tocking vs Cocking - What's the difference?

tocking | cocking |

As verbs the difference between tocking and cocking

is that tocking is present participle of tock while cocking is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between tocking and cocking

is that tocking is the clicking sound of the hands of a clock while cocking is the hunting of gamecocks.

As an adjective cocking is

offensive or worthless.

tocking

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The clicking sound of the hands of a clock.
  • cocking

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

  • (archaic) The hunting of gamecocks.
  • (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

    (-)
  • (vulgar) offensive or worthless
  • * 2000 , Neil Kurtzman, Doing Nothing (page 180)
  • "Son of a cocking bastard."