Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cock throwing

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.00 in modern English

Syllables: cock- throw-ing
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A blood sport in which coksteles are thrown at an immobilised rooster until it is killed.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

cock throwings (plural) cockthrowing (alternative) cock-throwing (alternative) throwing at cocks (alternative)

Questions

What does cock throwing mean?: A blood sport in which coksteles are thrown at an immobilised rooster until it is killed.

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