toco

See also: tóco, tocó, tǫco, and toco-

English

Etymology 1

Shortening.

Noun

toco (plural tocos)

1. Clipping of tocodynamometer.

Etymology 2

From Hindi ठोको (ṭhoko), second-person plural imperative form of ठोकना (ṭhoknā, “to strike, hit, beat”), from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀞𑁄𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀤𑀺 (*ṭhokkadi), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀞𑁄𑀓𑀢𑀺 (*ṭhokati).

Alternative forms

• toko

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtəʊ.kəʊ/
• (US) enPR: tōʹkō, IPA^(key): /ˈtoʊ.koʊ/
• Rhymes: -əʊkəʊ

Noun

toco (uncountable)

1. (obsolete, British slang) Corporal punishment; chastisement; beatings.
   • 1857, Thomas Hughes, “Rugby and Football”, in Tom Brown's School Days‎, London: Macmilla and Co., published 1928, page 95:

     The School leaders come up furious, and administer toco to the wretched fags nearest at hand; they may well be angry, for it is all Lombard-street to a china orange that the School-house kick a goal with the ball touched in such a good place.

   • 1885, W[illiam] S[chwenck] Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan, The Mikado‎, London: G. Bell and Sons, published 1911, act 1, page 17:

     Yum-Yum: But as I'm engaged to Ko-Ko, / To embrace you thus, con fuoco, / Would distinctly be no gioco, / And for yam I should get toco—
     Both: Toco, toco, toco, toco.

Derived terms

• give toco
• toco for yam

Etymology 3

From Tupian.

Noun

toco (plural tocos)

1. a toco toucan
   • 2007, Les Beletsky, Bird Songs from Around the World, Chronicle Books, →ISBN, page 90:

     The Toco Toucan is surely among the most striking of the toucans, with its black-and-white body and enormous yellow-orange bill. [...] Tocos make loud rattling or clacking sounds with their bills.

   • 2014, R. Eric Miller, Murray E. Fowler, Fowler's Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine, Volume 8 - E-Book, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 234:

     Diabetes mellitus has been reported in tocos (R. toco) and keel-billed toucans.

Anagrams

• octo-, coot, coto, Coto

Asturian

Verb

toco

1. first-person singular present indicative of tocar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈtɔ.ku]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈtɔ.ko]

Verb

toco

1. first-person singular present indicative of tocar