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Cock

Cock Meaning & Definition
Cock Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cock?

[n] adult male bird
[n] adult male chicken
[n] the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled
[n] faucet consisting of a rotating device for regulating flow of a liquid
[n] obscene terms for penis
[v] set the trigger of a firearm back for firing
[v] tilt or slant to one side; "cock one's head"
[v] to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others; "He strut around like a rooster in a hen house."

Synonyms | Synonyms for Cock: dick | hammer | pecker | peter | prance | prick | rooster | ruffle | sashay | shaft | stopcock | strut | swagger | tool | turncock

Related Terms | Find terms related to Cock: anemograph | anemometer | anemometrograph | anemoscope | anthill | backslide | ball cock | ball valve | baloney | bank | Bantam | banty | barn-door fowl | barnyard fowl | biddy | bilge | billy | billy goat | boar | bosh | boss | broiler | brooder | broody hen | bubbly-jock | buck | bull | bullock | bung | bunghole | bunkum | capital | capon | chanticleer | charge | check valve | chick | chickabiddy | chicken | chicky | chief | chieftain | cockerel | cork | crap | detonate | discharge | dog | domestic fowl | dominant | drain cock | drake | draw cock | drift | drop | duck | duckling | dune | dunghill fowl | eject | embankment | entire | entire horse | fall astern | fall behind | faucet | fell | fire | fire off | fowl | fryer | game fowl | gander | gate | get behind | get up steam | go backwards | go behind | gobbler | goose | gosling | guff | guinea cock | guinea fowl | guinea hen | gun | gun for | hart | haycock | haymow | hayrick | haystack | head | headman | heap | he-goat | hen | hen turkey | hierarch | hill | hit | hokum | honcho | hydrant | jerk back | lapse | leader | let fly | let off | lid | load | lose ground | main | major | mass | master | molehill | mound | mountain | mow | needle valve | number one | outstanding | partlet | peacock | peg | pelt | pepper | petcock | pick off | pile | pin | pistol | plug | pontificate | pot | potshoot | potshot | poulard | poult | poultry | predominant | preeminent | prime | principal | pull back | pullet | pyramid | ram | recede | recidivate | regress | relapse | retrocede | retroflex | retrograde | retrogress | return | revert | rick | riddle | roaster | rooster | rot | ruck | sea cock | set | setting hen | shock | shoot | shoot at | shoot down | slip back | snipe | snowdrift | spigot | spike | spile | spill | spring chicken | stack | stag | stallion | steam up | steer | stewing chicken | stop | stopcock | stopgap | stopper | stopple | stot | strike | stud | studhorse | swagger | swank | swell | take a potshot | tap | tom | tom turkey | tomcat | top cow | top horse | torpedo | tup | turkey | turkey gobbler | turkey-cock | valve | valvula | valvule | vane | warm up | weather vane | weathercock | wether | wind | wind cone | wind indicator | wind sock | wind up | wind vane | wind-speed indicator

See Also | bird | cant | cant over | chicken | cockerel | comb | faucet | fighting cock | firing mechanism | Gallus gallus | gamecock | gunlock | lay | member | penis | phallus | pimproll | pitch | place | pose | position | put | set | slant | striker | tilt | walk

Cock In Webster's Dictionary

\Cock\, n. [AS. coc; of unknown origin, perh. in imitation of the cry of the cock. Cf. {Chicken}.] 1. The male of birds, particularly of gallinaceous or domestic fowls. 2. A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock. Drenched our steeples, drowned the cocks! --Shak. 3. A chief man; a leader or master. [Humorous] Sir Andrew is the cock of the club, since he left us. --Addison. 4. The crow of a cock, esp. the first crow in the morning; cockcrow. [Obs.] He begins at curfew, and walks till the first cock. --Shak. 5. A faucet or valve. Note: Jonsons says, ``The handly probably had a cock on the top; things that were contrived to turn seem anciently to have had that form, whatever was the reason.'' Skinner says, because it used to be constructed in forma crit[ae] galli, i.e., in the form of a cock's comb. 6. The style of gnomon of a dial. --Chambers. 7. The indicator of a balance. --Johnson. 8. The bridge piece which affords a bearing for the pivot of a balance in a clock or watch. --Knight. {Ball cock}. See under {Ball}. {Chaparral cock}. See under {Chaparral}. {Cock and bull story}, {an extravagant}, boastful story; a canard. {Cock of the plains} (Zo["o]l.) See {Sage cock}. {Cock of the rock} (Zo["o]l.), a South American bird ({Rupicola aurantia}) having a beautiful crest. {Cock of the walk}, a chief or master; the hero of the hour; one who has overcrowed, or got the better of, rivals or competitors. {Cock of the woods}. See {Capercailzie}.
\Cock\ (k[o^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cocked} (k[o^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cocking}.] [Cf. Gael. coc to cock.] 1. To set erect; to turn up. Our Lightfoot barks, and cocks his ears. --Gay. Dick would cock his nose in scorn. --Swift. 2. To shape, as a hat, by turning up the brim. 3. To set on one side in a pert or jaunty manner. They cocked their hats in each other's faces. --Macaulay. 4. To turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid, as an expression of derision or insinuation. {Cocked hat}. (a) A hat with large, stiff flaps turned up to a peaked crown, thus making its form triangular; -- called also {three-cornered hat}
\Cock\, v. i. To strut; to swagger; to look big, pert, or menacing. --Addison.
\Cock\, n. The act of cocking; also, the turn so given; as, a cock of the eyes; to give a hat a saucy cock.
\Cock\, n. [It. cocca notch of an arrow.] 1. The notch of an arrow or crossbow. 2. The hammer in the lock of a firearm. {At cock}, {At full cock}, with the hammer raised and ready to fire; -- said of firearms, also, jocularly, of one prepared for instant action. {At half cock}. See under {Half}. {Cock feather} (Archery), the feather of an arrow at right angles to the direction of the cock or notch. --Nares.
\Cock\, v. t. To draw the hammer of (a firearm) fully back and set it for firing.
\Cock\, v. i. To draw back the hammer of a firearm, and set it for firing. Cocked, fired, and missed his man. --Byron.
\Cock\, n. [Cf. Icel. k["o]kkr lump, Dan. kok heap, or E. cock to set erect.] A small concial pile of hay.
\Cock\, v. t. To put into cocks or heaps, as hay. Under the cocked hay. --Spenser.
\Cock\, n. [Of. coque, F. coche, a small vessel, L. concha muscle shell, a vessel. See {Coach}, and cf. {Cog} a small boat.] A small boat. Yond tall anchoring bark [appears] Diminished to her cock; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight. --Shak.
\Cock\, n. A corruption or disguise of the word God, used in oaths. [Obs.] ``By cock and pie.'' --Shak.

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