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toco en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

Shortening.

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping) Clipping of tocodynamometer.
   alt of tocodynamometer

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toco en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈtoʊ.koʊ/ (US)
• tōʹkō (US)
• /ˈtəʊ.kəʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Hindi ठोको (ṭhoko), second-person plural imperative form of ठोकना (ṭhoknā, “to strike, hit, beat”), from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀞𑁄𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀤𑀺 (*ṭhokkadi), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀞𑁄𑀓𑀢𑀺 (*ṭhokati).

Meanings

1. (British, obsolete, slang, uncountable) Corporal punishment; chastisement; beatings.
   • Yum-Yum: But as I'm engaged to Ko-Ko, / To embrace you thus, con fuoco, / Would distinctly be no gioco, / And for yam I should get toco— Both: Toco, toco, toco, toco. 1885, W[illiam] S[chwenck] Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan, The Mikado, London: G. Bell and Sons, published 1911, act 1, page 17:
   • The School leaders come up furious, and administer toco to the wretched fags nearest at hand; they may well be angry, for it is all Lombard-street to a china orange that the School-house kick a goal with the ball touched in such a good place. 1857, Thomas Hughes, “Rugby and Football”, in Tom Brown's School Days, London: Macmilla and Co., published 1928, page 95:

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Deriveds

toco for yam · give toco

toco en · NOUN · etymology 3

Etymology

From taxonomic name Ramphastos toco.

Meanings

1. Synonym of toco toucan
   • The Toco Toucan is surely among the most striking of the toucans, with its black-and-white body and enormous yellow-orange bill. [...] Tocos make loud rattling or clacking sounds with their bills. 2007, Les Beletsky, Bird Songs from Around the World, Chronicle Books, →ISBN, page 90:
   • Diabetes mellitus has been reported in tocos (R. toco) and keel-billed toucans. 2014, R. Eric Miller, Murray E. Fowler, Fowler's Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine, Volume 8 - E-Book, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 234:

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Synonyms

toco toucan

toco en · NOUN · etymology 4

Meanings

1. Crateva tapia, a fruit tree of South and Central America.

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