tocn.

/tɒk/

Forms: also tock.

Etymology: Apparently an arbitrary formation.

Originally Military. Now historical.

Used for t in telecommunication codes and in the oral transliteration of coded messages. Cf. toc emma n., Toc H n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > code, cipher > [noun] > individual letter

toc1898

null1915

society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > [noun] > call or message > terms used in

emma1891

ack1898

pip1898

toc1898

vic1913

1898 Signalling Instr. (War Office) 86 The letters T, A, B, M,..will be called toc, ak [1904 Signalling Regs. ack], beer, emma.

1913 Signalling (Imperial Army Series) ii. 19 The letters T, A, B, M, S, P and V will be called toc, ack, beer, emma, esses, pip, and vic respectively, so as to distinguish them phonetically from letters of similar sound.

1944 K. Douglas Alamein to Zem Zem (1946) xvii. 100 This means they are hopelessly broken down and want the technical adjutant, known officially over the wireless as ‘Tock Ack’, to arrange their recovery.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	toc
释义	tocn. /tɒk/ Forms: also tock. Etymology: Apparently an arbitrary formation. Originally Military. Now historical. Used for t in telecommunication codes and in the oral transliteration of coded messages. Cf. toc emma n., Toc H n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > code, cipher > [noun] > individual letter toc1898 null1915 society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > [noun] > call or message > terms used in emma1891 ack1898 pip1898 toc1898 vic1913 1898 Signalling Instr. (War Office) 86 The letters T, A, B, M,..will be called toc, ak [1904 Signalling Regs. ack], beer, emma. 1913 Signalling (Imperial Army Series) ii. 19 The letters T, A, B, M, S, P and V will be called toc, ack, beer, emma, esses, pip, and vic respectively, so as to distinguish them phonetically from letters of similar sound. 1944 K. Douglas Alamein to Zem Zem (1946) xvii. 100 This means they are hopelessly broken down and want the technical adjutant, known officially over the wireless as ‘Tock Ack’, to arrange their recovery. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1898
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