/ Dictionary / Index S Stockton: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: Stock•ton Pronunciation: (stok'tun), [key] — n. (Francis Richard Stockton), 1834–1902, U.S. novelist and short-story writer. a city in central California, on the San Joaquin River. 149,779. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: stockton (Thesaurus) stock ticker Stockton-on-Tees Related Content Daily Word Quiz: procrastinate Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language