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clocking

English

Verb

clocking

  1. present participle of clock

Noun

clocking (plural clockings)

  1. A time measurement made according to a clock.
    • 2012, Kurt C. Schlichting, Grand Central's Engineer
      At all of the major “breakup” yards where the railroads unloaded and loaded freight — waterfront railyards, pier stations, and inland freight depots — teams conducted clockings, recording all movements of trains []
    • 2012, R. Flodna Knob, The Monster Between My Legs
      He picked up the sheet of paper which showed the clockings of the two employees. He looked again at the clockings that Earrell had made and smiled to himself; on the fifth of the month, he had skipped his break completely []

Anagrams

  • cockling

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cocking

English

Etymology

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

Verb

cocking

  1. present participle of cock

Noun

cocking (countable and uncountable, plural cockings)

  1. (archaic) The hunting of gamecocks.
  2. (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

cocking (not comparable)

  1. (vulgar) offensive or worthless

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