cock

IPA: kˈɑk

noun

  • A male bird, especially:
  • A rooster: a male gallinaceous bird, especially a male domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus).
  • A cock pigeon.
  • A valve or tap for controlling flow in plumbing.
  • The hammer of a firearm trigger mechanism.
  • (colloquial, vulgar) A penis.
  • (curling) The circle at the end of the rink.
  • The state of being cocked; an upward turn, tilt or angle.
  • (Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, derogatory, slang) A stupid, obnoxious or contemptible person.
  • (Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, derogatory, slang, uncountable) Nonsense; rubbish; a fraud.
  • (slang, Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, especially as term of address) A man; a fellow.
  • A boastful tilt of one's head or hat.
  • (informal) Shuttlecock.
  • A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock.
  • (dated, often humorous) A chief person; a leader or master.
  • (obsolete) A leading thing.
  • The crow of a cock, especially the first crow in the morning; cockcrow.
  • A male fish, especially a salmon or trout.
  • The style or gnomon of a sundial.
  • The indicator of a balance.
  • The bridge piece that affords a bearing for the pivot of a balance in a clock or watch.
  • (Southern US, where it is now rare and dated; and African-American Vernacular, where it is still sometimes used) Vulva, vagina.
  • Hay-cock, a small conical pile of hay.
  • (obsolete) A corruption of the word God, used in oaths.
  • A surname.
  • Abbreviation of cock-boat, a type of small boat.

verb

  • (transitive, intransitive) To lift the cock of a firearm or crossbow; to prepare (a gun or crossbow) to be fired.
  • (intransitive) To be prepared to be triggered by having the cock lifted.
  • (transitive) To erect; to turn up.
  • (Britain, transitive, slang) To copulate with; (by extension, as with fuck) to mess up, to damage, to destroy.
  • (transitive) To turn or twist something upwards or to one side; to lift or tilt (e.g. headwear) boastfully.
  • (intransitive, dated) To turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid, as an expression of derision or insinuation.
  • (intransitive, dated) To strut; to swagger; to look big, pert, or menacing.
  • (transitive, obsolete) To make a nestle-cock of, to pamper or spoil (a child).
  • (transitive) To form into piles.
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Examples of "cock" in Sentences

  • The cock bird has fancy feathers.
  • Bison was the cock of the walk in Ceres.
  • A cock is killed at the feet of the corpse.
  • The Dance of the Cock is another Tupuri affair.
  • The hammer is cocked when the breech is opened.
  • The tail is cocked and pointed towards the head.
  • The cock is, a representation of the male genitals.
  • The article about the animal also uses the word cock.
  • The cocking lever is pulled toward the rear of the rifle.
  • The gunner then released the cocked breech with a lever at the grip.

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