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What (who) is cock - definition
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Cocks; COCK; Cock (disambiguation); The Cock (public house)
Cock
·noun A small boat.
II. Cock ·noun A faucet or valve.
III. Cock ·noun The indicator of a balance.
IV. Cock ·vt To set erect; to turn up.
V. Cock ·noun A small concial pile of hay.
VI. Cock ·noun The style of gnomon of a dial.
VII. Cock ·noun A chief man; a leader or master.
VIII. Cock ·noun The notch of an arrow or crossbow.
IX. Cock ·noun The hammer in the lock of a firearm.
X. Cock ·vt To put into cocks or heaps, as hay.
XI. Cock ·noun A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock.
XII. Cock ·vt To shape, as a hat, by turning up the brim.
XIII. Cock ·vt To set on one side in a pert or jaunty manner.
XIV. Cock ·noun A corruption or disguise of the word God, used in oaths.
XV. Cock ·vi To draw back the hammer of a firearm, and set it for firing.
XVI. Cock ·noun The crow of a cock, ·esp. the first crow in the morning; cockcrow.
XVII. Cock ·noun The male of birds, particularly of gallinaceous or domestic fowls.
XVIII. Cock ·vt To draw the hammer of (a firearm) fully back and set it for firing.
XIX. Cock ·noun The bridge piece which affords a bearing for the pivot of a balance in a clock or watch.
XX. Cock ·noun The act of cocking; also, the turn so given; as, a cock of the eyes; to give a hat a saucy cock.
XXII. Cock ·vt To turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid, as an expression of derision or insinuation.
cock
(cocks, cocking, cocked)
1.
The cock was announcing the start of a new day.
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2.
You refer to a male bird, especially a male game bird, as a cock when you want to distinguish it from a female bird. (mainly BRIT)
...a cock pheasant.
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3.
A man's cock is his penis. (INFORMAL, VERY RUDE)
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4.
see also stopcock
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cock
I. n.
1.
Male (of birds).
2.
Chanticleer, rooster [U. S.].
3.
Cock-crowing, cock-crow.
4.
Faucet, turn-valve, stop-cock.
5.
Hammer (of gunlock).
6.
Turning-up, turn, toss, perking.
7.
Pile (of hay, etc.), rick.
8.
Yawl, ship's boat, small boat, cock-boat.
9.
Notch, groove (of an arrow).
II. v. a.
1.
Set, set up, set the cock or hammer of.
2.
Perk, perk up, toss.
3.
Pile, make into cocks or ricks.
4.
Point, sharpen, calk (said of a horseshoe).
III. v. n.
Bridle, perk, hold the head high, look big or pert or menacing.
Wikipedia
Cock
Cock or cocks most commonly refers to:
- Cock (bird) or rooster, a male of any bird species
- Cock (slang), a slang term for the penis
Cock or cocks may also refer to:
Examples of use of cock
1. Kevin De Cock, director of WHO‘s AIDS department.
2. Article continues Which brings us to today‘s cock–up.
3. But this was always more cock–up than conspiracy.
4. Today‘s cock–up has been handled by the corrections column.
5. Such cock–ups are called fat fingers in the trade.