Cocking may refer to: Cocking affair, an attempt in 1941 by Georgia governor Eugene Talmadge to exert direct control over the state's educational system Cocking handle, a device on a firearm that results in the hammer or striker being cocked or moved to the ready position Cocking, West Sussex, a village, parish, and civil parish in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England Cocking-cloth, a device used for catching pheasants Edward Cocking (born 1931), British plant scientist Robert Cocking (1776-1837), British watercolour artist Samuel Cocking (1845-1914), merchant in Yokohama