Dictionary

cocking en · ADJ

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, vulgar) Offensive or worthless
   • "Son of a cocking bastard." 2000, Neil Kurtzman, Doing Nothing, page 180:

Synonyms

blown · not worth a curse · not worth a damn · not worth a brass farthing · not worth a plug nickel · unappreciated · not worth a cent · nought · suckworthy · pissass · not worth a whistle · draffy · shitey · garbagey · not worth a dime · not worth a farthing · wutless · nonvaluable · toshy · sixpenny · trinkety · jabberwocky · strawlike · dreckish · two-bit · shitstained · bastardly · shand · not worth a Continental · not worth a penny · draffish · putid · cacky · unvaluable · drecky · no-account · worthless · triobolar · sorry-ass · fucking · not worth hell room · mucid · tripy · floccinaucinihilipilificatious · shit · no good / no-good · not worth a nickel · duffing · no good · goodless · not worth salt · scabbed · vain · ineffectual · crapalicious · valueless · good-for-naught · screwy · for the birds · tenth-rate · fucking · mouldy · invaluable · naughty · shitty-ass · punk · shitstained · of no value · good-for-nothing · scummy · not worth a cress · rubbishly · worth nothing · cocking · rubbishy · cruddy · cullionly · chaffy · junky

cocking en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (archaic, countable, uncountable) The hunting of gamecocks.
2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Cockfighting.
   • Thus circumstanced, he became the avowed companion of sharpers and gamblers, attended cockings and races […] 1792, The European Magazine, and London Review, volume 21, page 313:
3. (countable, uncountable) A boastful tilt; the act of cocking something.
   • cockings of the head

Forms

Deriveds

cocking of a snook

Descendants

cocyn · cocin

Relateds

cocker spaniel · cocker

cocking en · VERB

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of cock
   form of cock