cockering

verb

present participle of cocker
as in spoiling
to treat with great or excessive care overjoyed to be parents at last, they will likely cocker that child shamelessly

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  1. spoiling
  2. nursing
  3. indulging
Verb
  • The same relentlessness that built Ackman’s reputation as a scourge of corporate excess—and, to critics, a bully spoiling for a fight—has increasingly spilled beyond balance sheets and boardrooms.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 20 July 2026
  • Without spoiling too much, Rick and Morty make a cameo in the pilot in a very meta scene.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 6 July 2026
Definition of spoiling
Verb
  • The teen has only one goal while putting 10 shots on target after coming into this World Cup still nursing a left hamstring issue.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 July 2026
  • Upon coming to America, Shirley taught herself English and began nursing school before starting out in Michigan.
    — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 8 July 2026
Definition of nursing
Verb
  • On that note, resist the urge to bury discomfort by indulging, shopping or being stubbornly silent.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 8 July 2026
  • Will blamed Cal for the idea; Cal, Will for indulging it; both of them the other for not being the one dead.
    — Emily Ruskovich, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026
Definition of indulging
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“Cockering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cockering. Accessed 22 Jul. 2026.

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