toco

Shortening.

toco (plural tocos)

1. Clipping of tocodynamometer.

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).

• toko

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

toco (uncountable)

1. (obsolete, British slang) Corporal punishment; chastisement; beatings.
   • 1857, Hughes, Thomas, “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, Gilbert, W[illiam] S[chwenck]; Sullivan, Arthur, The Mikado‎, act 1, London: G. Bell and Sons, published 1911, 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.

From Tupian.

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.

• Coto, coot, octo-

toco

1. first-person singular present indicative of tocar

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈto.ko/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈto.ku/

toco

1. first-person singular present indicative form of tocar

From a substrate pre-Latin language, from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”).[1]

Akin to Spanish tocón (“stump”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoko̝/, (northwestern) /ˈtɔko̝/

toco m (feminine singular toca, masculine plural tocos, feminine plural tocas)

1. maimed; one-handed; one-armed

toco m (plural tocos)

1. burrow, den

   Synonyms: tobo, pala

2. stump

   Synonyms: cepa, coto, cozo

See the etymology of the main entry.

toco

1. first-person singular present indicative of tocar

• “toco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “toco” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “toco” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

toco m (plural tocos)

1. stub, stump (something cut short, blunted, or stunted)

toco

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of tocar

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoko/, [ˈt̪oko]

toco

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of tocar.