- cuck
- cuck;cuck·hold;cuck·ing;cuck·le;cuck·ol·dom;cuck·old·ry;cuck·oo·pint;cuck·stool;cuck·old;cuck·oo;mo·cuck;
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cuck|oo — «KOO koo; especially for n. KUK oo», noun, plural oos, verb, ooed, oo|ing, adjective. –n. 1. a bird whose call sounds much like its name. The common European cuckoo lays its eggs in the nests of other birds instead of hatching them itself. The… … Useful english dictionary
cuck|ing stool — «KUHK ihng», a chair into which common scolds, dishonest tradesmen, or others to be punished were strapped, left to be mocked and pelted by the crowd, or to be ducked ╂[(literally) a toilet seat < Middle English coken to defecate] … Useful english dictionary
cuck|old|ry — «KUHK uhl dree», noun. 1. making a cuckold of a husband. 2. Obsolete. cuckolds collectively … Useful english dictionary
cuck|old — «KUHK uhld», noun, verb. –n. the husband of an unfaithful wife. –v.t. to make a cuckold of. ╂[< Old French cucuault < coucou, earlier, cocu; see etym. under cuckoo (because the female cuckoo changes mates) (Cf. ↑cuckoo)] … Useful english dictionary
cuck|oo|flow|er — «KOO koo FLOW uhr, KUK oo », noun. 1. a slender, erect plant of the mustard family, a variety of bitter cress, native to North America and Europe, having white or purple flowers; lady s smock. 2. = ragged robin. (Cf. ↑ragged robin) 3. any one of… … Useful english dictionary
cuck|oo|pint — «KOO koo pynt, KUK oo », noun. a common European arum; wake robin … Useful english dictionary
Cuck-stool — A stool or chair in which miscreants were confined and subject to ducking and public shame. Perhaps given the source of the word cuck, it was not vegetables which were thrown at victims; it was also referred to as cathedra stercoris = the chair… … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
Cück — cucco, vecchio in assoluto … Mini Vocabolario milanese italiano
cuck — transitive verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: back formation from cucking stool obsolete : to punish by the cucking stool … Useful english dictionary
cuck-shaws — … Useful english dictionary
