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hocketing

hocketing verb: the practice of employing hocket in medieval compositions.

Verb

hocketing

  1. The practice of employing hocket in medieval compositions.
    • Hocketing was widely used in medieval music, and Professor Sander's article provides a convenient survey of those uses.1978 Spring, William Dalglish, “The Origin of the Hocket”, in Journal of the American Musicological Society, volume 31, number 1, University of California Press on behalf of the American...
  2. (rare) The act of moving through or navigating a hocket.

Origin of hocketing

From hocket + -ing.

Questions about hocketing

What does hocketing mean?
Hocketing means the practice of employing hocket in medieval compositions.
What part of speech is hocketing?
Hocketing is a verb.

Words near hocketing in the dictionary

  1. hocker
  2. Hockerill
  3. hockers
  4. hocket
  5. hocketed
  6. hocketing
  7. hocketor
  8. hocketors
  9. hockets
  10. Hockett
  11. hockettor

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