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.

Checked by Douglas

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