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jucking time en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• jŭ′kĭng tīm′
• /ˈdʒʌkɪŋ ˌtaɪm/

Etymology

First attested in 1681 as juking-time. From juke, juck (“to crow”), of onomatopoeic origin, but probably also influenced by jug, jouk (“to perch, of partridges”). Compare chuck.

Meanings

1. (rare) Early morning or late evening, when partridges crow.
   • Another method of discovering them is, by going to their haunts very early in the morning, or at the close of the evening, which is called the jucking-time. 1795, Encyclopædia Britannica, page 792:
   • There is another way to discover them, and that is by going to their haunts early in the morning, or the close of the evening, which is called the juking time, and there listen for the call of the cock partridge […] 1821, Alexander Mackintosh, The Modern Fisher, or Driffield Angler, page 188:
   • […] some are so ingenious they can do it by the Eye, only distinguishing their colour from the Earth; others by a Call, imitating their Notes at their Juking-time, which is usually in the Morning and in the Evening. 1681, John Worlidge, Systema Agriculturae, page 249:
2. (rare) The season of imitating crows to lure partridges out at such a time.

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Synonyms

cockcrow