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cock
1[kok]
noun
a male chicken; rooster.
the male of any bird, especially a gallinaceous bird.
Also called stopcock.a hand-operated valve or faucet, especially one opened or closed by rotating a cylindrical or tapered plug having part of the passage pierced through it from side to side.
(in a firearm)
the part of the lock that, by its fall or action, causes the discharge; hammer.
the position into which the cock, or hammer, is brought by being drawn partly or completely back, preparatory to firing.
Slang: Vulgar.
sexual relations with a man.
a weathercock.
a leader; chief person.
Chiefly British Informal.pal; chum.
British Slang.nonsense.
Horology.a bracketlike plate holding bearings, supported at one end only.
Archaic.the time of the crowing of the cock; early in the morning; cockcrow.
verb (used with object)
to pull back and set the cock, or hammer, of (a firearm) preparatory to firing.
to draw back in preparation for throwing or hitting.
He cocked his bat and waited for the pitch.
to set (a camera shutter or other mechanism) for tripping.
verb (used without object)
to cock the firing mechanism of a firearm.
cock
2[kok]
verb (used with object)
to set or turn up or to one side, often in an assertive, jaunty, or significant manner.
He cocked his eyebrow questioningly.
verb (used without object)
to stand or stick up conspicuously.
Scot. and New England.to strut; swagger; put on airs of importance.
noun
the act of turning the head, a hat, etc., up or to one side in a jaunty or significant way.
the position of anything thus placed.
cock
3[kok]
noun
a conical pile of hay, dung, etc.
verb (used with object)
to pile (hay, dung, etc.) in cocks.
cock
1/ ɒ /
noun
the male of the domestic fowl
any other male bird
the male of certain other animals, such as the lobster
( as modifier )
a cock sparrow
short for stopcock weathercock
a taboo slang word for penis
the hammer of a firearm
its position when the firearm is ready to be discharged
informala friend, mate, or fellow
a jaunty or significant tilting or turning upwards
a cock of the head
informalnonsense
verb
(tr) to set the firing pin, hammer, or breech block of (a firearm) so that a pull on the trigger will release it and thus fire the weapon
(tr) to set the shutter mechanism of (a camera) so that the shutter can be tripped by pressing the shutter-release button
to raise in an alert or jaunty manner
(intr) to stick or stand up conspicuously
cock
2/ ɒ /
noun
a small, cone-shaped heap of hay, straw, etc
verb
(tr) to stack (hay, straw, etc) in such heaps
Other 51Թ Forms
- cocklike adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of cock1
Origin of cock3
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of cock1
Origin of cock2
Example Sentences
Tuss′ock-grass, a large grass of the same genus with the Cock's-foot Grass of Britain, native to the Falkland Islands, remarkable for forming great tufts—also Tuss′ac-grass; Tuss′ock-moth, a grayish-white moth about an inch long, the caterpillars of which do great mischief in hop-grounds, and are known as Hop-dogs.—adj.
"Shan" is "hill," so Chi-huan-shan is Cock's-comb Hill, and I-tzee-shan, Chair Hill.
De Patterolles come frum diffe'nt places, an' de Tank'sleys, de Potts, de Cock'ells an' de Greg'rys was neighbors.
Cock's-comb, varieties of the, i.
A variety of the Common Cock's-comb Kale, with the leaves more or less variegated with purple and white.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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