Cock
[kɒk] or [kɔk]
Definition
(noun.) adult male bird.
(noun.) adult male chicken.
(noun.) obscene terms for penis.
(verb.) set the trigger of a firearm back for firing.
(verb.) tilt or slant to one side; 'cock one's head'.
Editor: William--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The male of birds, particularly of gallinaceous or domestic fowls.
(n.) A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock.
(n.) A chief man; a leader or master.
(n.) The crow of a cock, esp. the first crow in the morning; cockcrow.
(n.) A faucet or valve.
(n.) The style of gnomon of a dial.
(n.) The indicator of a balance.
(n.) The bridge piece which affords a bearing for the pivot of a balance in a clock or watch.
(v. t.) To set erect; to turn up.
(v. t.) To shape, as a hat, by turning up the brim.
(v. t.) To set on one side in a pert or jaunty manner.
(v. t.) To turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid, as an expression of derision or insinuation.
(v. i.) To strut; to swagger; to look big, pert, or menacing.
(n.) The act of cocking; also, the turn so given; as, a cock of the eyes; to give a hat a saucy cock.
(n.) The notch of an arrow or crossbow.
(n.) The hammer in the lock of a firearm.
(v. t.) To draw the hammer of (a firearm) fully back and set it for firing.
(v. i.) To draw back the hammer of a firearm, and set it for firing.
(n.) A small concial pile of hay.
(v. t.) To put into cocks or heaps, as hay.
(n.) A small boat.
(n.) A corruption or disguise of the word God, used in oaths.
Editor: Maynard
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Chanticleer, ROOSTER.
Edited by Hugh
Definition
n. (Shak.) a cock-boat. Now Cock-boat.
n. a small pile of hay.—adj. Cocked heaped up in cocks.
n. the male of birds particularly of the domestic fowl: the time of cock-crowing: a weathercock: a plucky chap a term of familiarity as 'Old cock:' a strutting chief or leader: anything set erect: a tap for liquor: part of the lock of a gun held back by a spring which when released by the trigger produces the discharge.—v.t. to set erect or upright: to set up as the hat: to draw back the cock of a gun: to turn up to one side: to tilt up knowingly inquiringly or scornfully.—v.i. to strut: to swagger.—ns. Cockāde′ a knot of ribbons or something similar worn on the hat as a badge; Cockalō′rum a bumptious little person: a boy's game; Cock′-broth the broth made from a boiled cock; Cock′chafer the May-bug an insect of a pitchy-black colour most destructive to vegetation; Cock′-crow -ing early morning the time at which cocks crow.—adj. Cocked set erect: turned up at one side.—ns. Cock′er one who follows cock-fighting: a small dog of the spaniel kind employed by sportsmen in pheasant and woodcock shooting; Cock′erel a young cock: a young man—also Cock′le whence Cock′le-brained foolish; Cock′-eye a squinting eye: the loop by which a trace is attached to the whipple-tree.—adj. Cock′-eyed.—ns. Cock′-fight -ing a fight or contest between game-cocks: a fight; Cock′-horse a child's rocking-horse.—adj. prancing proud.—adv. properly a-cock-horse = on cock-horse on horseback: exultingly.—ns. Cock′laird (Scot.) a yeoman; Cock′loft the room in a house next the roof; Cock′-match a cock-fight; Cock′pit a pit or enclosed space where game-cocks fought: a room in a ship-of-war for the wounded during an action; Cock′roach the common black beetle; Cocks′comb the comb or crest on a cock's head: a fop: the name of various plants; Cock′shut (Shak.) twilight probably referring to the time when poultry are shut up; Cock′-shy a free throw at a thing as for amusement.—adj. Cock′-sure quite sure often without cause.—n. Cock′swain (see Coxswain).—adjs. Cock′sy Cox′y bumptious.—n. Cock′tail a racing horse that is not thoroughbred: one who apes the gentleman: (U.S.) a drink of spirits flavoured with various ingredients.—adjs. Cock′tailed having the tail cocked or tilted up; Cock′y impudent.—ns. Cock′y-leek′y soup made of a fowl boiled with leeks; Cock′yolly a nursery or pet name for a bird.—Cock-a-doodle-doo the cry of the cock; Cock-a-hoop a phrase expressing reckless exultation; Cock and pie used as an exclamation (see Pie 2); Cocked hat the old-fashioned three-cornered hat the triangular pointed hat worn as part of some full-dress uniforms: a note folded into a three-cornered shape; Cock of the walk chief of a set; Cock's-foot grass a genus of grasses very abundant in Britain and furnishing an important part of both natural and artificial pastures; Cock the eye (coll. humorous) to wink.—A cock-and-bull story an incredible tale.—Full-cock when the cock of a gun is drawn full back: when a tap is full open; Half-cock the position of the cock of a gun when drawn back half the whole distance.—Knock into a cocked hat 'to lick out of shape:' to give a profound beating.
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Examples
- Yes, but not on the cock. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- As if it were Cock Robin, the hero of the ballad, and Mr Venus were the sparrow with his bow and arrow, and Mr Wegg were the fly with his little eye. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- When the gas cock is closed, the mercury stands at the same level in both arms, but when the cock is opened, the gas whose pressure is being measured forces the mercury up the opposite arm. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- I have been looking at the weather-cock. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The cock, being curved like a snake, was called the serpentine. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Of course, you all know _The Cock_ at Sutton? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- It is Lestrade's little cock-a-doodle of victory, Holmes answered, with a bitter smile. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Mr. Bumble wiped from his forehead the perspiration which his walk had engendered, glanced complacently at the cocked hat, and smiled. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Oliver made a bow, which was divided between the beadle on the chair, and the cocked hat on the table. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Pablo pulled and let go as the man had told him and the block snapped forward into place and the pistol was cocked with the hammer back. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- With this hurried adjuration, he cocked his blunderbuss, and stood on the offensive. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Mr Venus knowingly cocked his shock of hair, as rather thinking Mr Wegg had remembered himself, in respect of appearing without any disguise. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- A well-bred servant, in a cocked hat and dashing livery entered my room, with many bows. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I lay them ready cocked on a chair by my bedside at night. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- No one had ever carried the hay away and the four seasons that had passed had flattened the cocks and made the hay worthless. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- From tropic to the bleakest north, the cocks crow before the advancing margin of dawn. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Gauge cocks to indicate the height of water, and a safety valve to regulate the pressure of steam, were employed. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- You're like one of those cocks in the pit where nobody has seen the wound given and it doesn't show and he is already going cold with it. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- This hides the hammers in the breech and cocks them by the act of breaking down the gun. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- HIS breakfast hour was half-past six--and HE went to bed with the cocks and hens! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- A name derived from the fanciful resemblance to the sound produced by cocking a rifle. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- He struck out with his hand, and a revolver which the younger man was in the act of cocking clattered down upon the floor. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Only a slight pressure on the trigger is necessary, as it is not required to perform the work of turning any other part by the trigger, as is the case in the self-cocking revolver. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He was deliberately cocking his pistol, and, in the momentary silence that followed George's speech, he fired at him. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He then stopped as though waiting for my reply, pricking up his antennae-like ears and cocking his strange-looking eyes still further toward me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
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