hot cockles

hot cock·le

H h

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [hot kok-uh l]
- /hɒt ˈkɒk əl/
- /hɒt ˈkɒk.l̩/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hot kok-uh l]
- /hɒt ˈkɒk əl/

Definitions of hot cockles words

noun hot cockles a children's game in which a blindfolded player is hit by one of the other players and then tries to guess which one did the hitting. 1
noun hot cockles (formerly) a children's game in which one blindfolded player has to guess which other player has hit him 0
noun hot cockles (dated) a children's game in which a blindfolded person had to guess who was hitting them. 0

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Origin of hot cockles

First appearance:

before 1540

One of the 30% oldest English words

First recorded in 1540-50

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Parts of speech for Hot cockles

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Hot cockles

hot cockles popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 39% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 51% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

hot cockles usage trend in Literature

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