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cockering

cockering is the present participle and gerund of cocker.

Meaning of cocker

Verb

cocker (third-person singular simple present cockers, present participle cockering, simple past and past participle cockered)

  1. To make a nestle-cock of; to indulge or pamper (particularly of children).
    • […] shall a beardless boy,
      A cocker’d silken wanton, brave our fields […]?c. 1596, William Shakespeare, King John, act V, scene 1
    Synonyms:
    cosset, pamper, posset

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Phrases with cockering

Questions about cockering

What is cockering the present participle and gerund of?
Cockering is the present participle and gerund of cocker.

Words near cockering in the dictionary

  1. Cockerell
  2. cockerels
  3. Cockerham
  4. Cockerhams
  5. Cockerill
  6. cockering
  7. cockering up
  8. cockermeg
  9. cockermegs
  10. Cockermouth
  11. cockerney

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