From medieval diminutives of the given names Cole and Coll.
Colling
A patronymic surname.
colling (uncountable)
The act of colling; hugging or embracing.
colling
present participle of coll.
Source: Wiktionary
Coll"ing, n. Etym: [From Coll, v. t.]
Definition: An embrace; dalliance. [Obs.] Halliwell.
Coll, v. t. Etym: [OF. coler, fr. L. collum neck.]
Definition: To embrace. [Obs.] "They coll and kiss him." Latimer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 January 2025
(noun) (Yiddish) a little; a piece; “give him a shtik cake”; “he’s a shtik crazy”; “he played a shtik Beethoven”
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