ocky
/ˈɒki
/noun (plural ockies) Australian informal
An octopus: medium-sized ockies can get their tentacles into your craypots...
- "Oi, I'm off to pick up a turbofan engine for a Boeing 777; anyone seen me ocky straps?"
- Moral of the story, never amputate an arm of an Ocky; if you catch one, it is better to use him as bait.
- I went out in the boat on my own and pulled the ocky pots around 4pm.
Origin
1960s: abbreviation of octopus.
- automatic brake
- automatic dialer
- automatic dialler
- automatic direction finder
- automatic following
- automatic frequency control
- automatic gain control
- automatic helmsman
- automaticity
- automatic landing
- automatic machine
- automatic observer
- automatic parachute
- automatic pilot
- automatic shut-off
- automatic stabilizer
- automatic teller
- automatic tension
- automatic train control
- automatic translation
- automatic volume control
- automatic writing
- automation
- automatise
- automatism