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cobbing.

an unofficial form of punishment among the crew or prisoners involving blows to the buttocks from a piece of wood or a handsaw.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. an unofficial form of punishment among the crew or prisoners involving blows to the buttocks from a piece of wood or a handsaw.

    countable · uncountable
  2. The manual separation of minerals in ore using a hammer.

    countable · uncountable
  3. The production of cobs.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From cob + -ing.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.