cockering

present participle of cocker

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cockering
Verb
  • Pasteurization of milk used for pumpkin spice beverages or apple cider reduces bacteria and can delay spoiling.
    Heidi Moawad, Verywell Health, 21 Oct. 2025
  • This isn’t some crytpic way of talking about what happens without spoiling it, about some sort of self-realization.
    Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Notable — Stout, already nursing a shoulder injury, also injured an ankle late in practice Thursday.
    Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2025
  • These migrants became figures left in a historical stasis, unable to face their present while nursing traumatic loss (their nostalgic literature constitutes an entire genre).
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The other people Ye tries to big-foot into indulging his perverse Peter Pan complex fare more poorly.
    Derek Robertson, The Washington Examiner, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Whether that’s indulging Wes Anderson’s imagination (as a three-time member of his ever-growing ensemble) or producing her own projects, Johansson always manages to surprise.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
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“Cockering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cockering. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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