different between collop vs tucket

English

Etymology

Late Middle English, of North Germanic origin, from Swedish kalops (“stewed meat”), from Old Swedish kollops (“slices of beef stew”), ultimately related to German klopps (“dish of meat made tender by beating”); see klopfen (“to beat”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?l?p/
• Rhymes: -?l?p
• Hyphenation: col?lop

Noun

collop (plural collops)

1. (Northern English dialect) A slice of meat.
2. (obsolete) A slice of bacon, a rasher.
3. A roll or fold of flesh on the body.
4. A small piece, portion, or slice of something.

Derived terms

• colloped
• Collop Monday

Scots

Etymology

Late Middle English, of North Germanic origin, from Swedish kalops (“stewed meat”), from Old Swedish kollops (“slices of beef stew”), ultimately related to German klopps (“dish of meat made tender by beating”); see klopfen (“to beat”).

Noun

collop (plural collops)

1. A slice of meat.

Further reading

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

References

• Skeat, W. W. (1900). A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language. United Kingdom: Harper, p. 88

English

Etymology 1

From tuck (“a blow, a drum beat”), from Old French touchet (“stroke, blow”). Compare toccata. Compare also Middle French toquer from Old French *toquer (“to strike”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t?k?t/
• Rhymes: -?k?t
• Hyphenation: tuck?et

Noun

tucket (plural tuckets)

1. (music) A fanfare played on one or more trumpets.

Etymology 2

Compare Italian tocchetto (“a ragout of fish, meat”), from tocco (“a bit, morsel”), Late Latin tucetum (“a thick gravy”), tuccetum (“a thick gravy”).

Noun

tucket (plural tuckets)

1. (obsolete) A steak; a collop.

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References