cockshy noun 2verb 1forms 3 noun2 •An object at which stones are flung; (by extension) a person who is abused or vilified.He had seen Tom Ricketts, of the fourth form, who used to wear a jacket and trousers so ludicrously tight, that the elder boys could not forbear using him in the quality of a butt or ‘cockshy’ […] — 1848 •A game in which trinkets are set upon sticks, to be thrown at by the players. verb1 •To pelt; to throw things at. formscockshied · cockshying · cockshies
