Tocking vs Cocking - What's the difference?
tocking | cocking |
(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)
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.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."