Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jucking time

/ˈdʒʌkɪŋ ˌtaɪm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: juck-ing -time
IPA: /ˈdʒʌkɪŋ ˌtaɪm/

27

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Early morning or late evening, when partridges crow.

noun

The season of imitating crows to lure partridges out at such a time.

Example Sentences

"Another method of discovering them is, by going to their haunts very early in the morning, or at the close of the evening, which is called the jucking-time."
"[…] some are so ingenious they can do it by the Eye, only distinguishing their colour from the Earth; others by a Call, imitating their Notes at their Juking-time, which is usually in the Morning and in the Evening."
"There is another way to discover them, and that is by going to their haunts early in the morning, or the close of the evening, which is called the juking time, and there listen for the call of the cock partridge […]"

Etymology

First attested in 1681 as juking-time. From juke, juck (“to crow”), of onomatopoeic origin, but probably also influenced by jug, jouk (“to perch, of partridges”). Compare chuck.

Origin

First known use: First attested in 1681

Inflected Forms

juking time (alternative)

Synonyms

cockcrow

Rhymes With

on-time i'm is that the time fulness of time pseudotime misclimb outrhyme

Questions

How do you pronounce jucking time?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdʒʌkɪŋ ˌtaɪm/.
What does jucking time mean?: Early morning or late evening, when partridges crow.
Where does jucking time come from?: First known use: First attested in 1681.

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