cobra
IPA: kˈoʊbrʌ
noun
- Any of various venomous snakes of the family Elapidae.
- A type of lanyard knot, thought to resemble a snake in its shape.
- (UK politics, by extension) A cabinet committee meeting that would use a COBR room
- (UK politics, by extension) A cabinet committee that would meet using a COBR room
- (rare) A male given name.
- (UK politics) Initialism of Cabinet Office Briefing Room A.
- (UK politics, by extension) Acronym of Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms.
- (US, law) Initialism of Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, especially the provision that allows some employees to continue their group-based health insurance after leaving a job; also, health insurance obtained under this law.
- (UK politics) Alternative letter-case form of COBRA [(UK politics, by extension) A cabinet committee meeting that would use a COBR room]
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Examples of "cobra" in Sentences
- The top predator of the cobra is the mongoose.
- The king cobra is the biggest poisonous snake null.
- The king cobra is the world's longest venomous snake.
- She is sheltered by the canopy of the hoods of seven cobras.
- The Empire State Cobras were the relocation team of the Phoenix Cobras.
- Like the Shadow Guard, the Plague is answerable directly to Cobra Commander.
- Heidenreich put The Undertaker in the casket after applying the cobra clutch.
- Maneuvers that are related to the Cobra include the Cobra Turn and the Kulbit.
- The British government was concerned about the number of venomous cobra snakes.
- The exhibit features a gilded cobra, a giant money tree and a pond with live koi and a floating Chinese fishing vessel.