cock in English dictionary

  • cock

    Meanings and definitions of "cock"

    • A male bird, especially a domestic fowl.
    • Male chicken or other gallinaceous bird.
    • A valve or tap for controlling flow in plumbing.
    • The hammer of a firearm trigger mechanism.
    • (slang, vulgar) The penis.
    • (curling) The circle at the end of the rink.
    • The state of being cocked; an upward turn, tilt or angle.
    • (UK, pejorative, slang) A stupid person.
    • (informal, UK, Tasmania) An informal term of address.
    • A boastful tilt of one's head or hat
    • (transitive) To lift the cock of a firearm; to prepare (a gun) to be fired.
    • (intransitive) To be prepared to be triggered.
    • (transitive) To erect, notably lift or tilt (headwear) boastfully
    • (UK, transitive, slang) To copulate with.
    • (transitive) To turn or twist something upwards or to one side.
    • A small pile
    • (transitive) To form into piles.
    • Short for cock-boat, a type of small boat.
    • (to) become angry
    • interjection
      (slang)
      Expression of annoyance.
    • noun
      A male bird, especially a domestic fowl.
    • noun
      A valve or tap for controlling flow in plumbing.
    • noun
      The hammer of a firearm trigger mechanism.
    • noun
      The notch of an arrow or crossbow.
    • noun
      (slang, vulgar)
      The penis.
    • noun
      (curling)
      The circle at the end of the rink.
    • noun
      (Britain, New Zealand, pejorative, slang)
      A stupid person.
    • noun
      Term of address.
    • noun
      A boastful tilt of one's head or hat.
    • noun
      (informal)
      shuttlecock
    • noun
      A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock.
    • noun
      (dated, humorous)
      A chief man; a leader or master.
    • noun
      The crow of a cock, especially the first crow in the morning; cockcrow.
    • noun
      The style or gnomon of a sundial.
    • noun
      The indicator of a balance.
    • noun
      The bridge piece that affords a bearing for the pivot of a balance in a clock or watch.
    • noun
      A small conical pile of hay.
    • noun
      Short for cock-boat, a type of small boat.
    • proper
      ( obsolete) A corruption of the word God, used in oaths.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To form into piles.
    • verb
      To lift the cock of a firearm or crossbow; to prepare (a gun or crossbow) to be fired.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To be prepared to be triggered by having the cock lifted.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To erect; to turn up.
    • verb
      (Britain, transitive, slang)
      To copulate with.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To turn or twist something upwards or to one side; to lift or tilt (e.g. headwear) boastfully.
    • verb
      (intransitive, dated)
      To turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid, as an expression of derision or insinuation.
    • verb
      (intransitive, dated)
      To strut; to swagger; to look big, pert, or menacing.
    • verb
      (transitive, obsolete)
      To make a nestle-cock of, to pamper or spoil ( of children)
    • A male of various birds.
    • A male pheasant.
    • A valve with the function of regulating the flow of a liquid or gas through a pipe.
    • The part of a firearm that hits the back of the bullet and sets it off, firing the gun.
    • cock (penis)
    • A device applied to the end of a pipe in order to interrupt and regulate the flow of a liquid or gas.
    • A male chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus), a domestic bird.
    • any male bird
    • male gallinaceous bird
    • hammer of a firearm trigger mechanism
    • slang for penis
    • state of being cocked
    • slang: stupid person
    • to lift the cock of a firearm
    • to copulate (with)
    • to turn upwards or to the side
    • small pile
    • noun
      adult male bird
    • noun
      adult male chicken
    • noun
      faucet consisting of a rotating device for regulating flow of a liquid
    • noun
      obscene terms for penis
    • noun
      the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled
    • verb
      set the trigger of a firearm back for firing
    • verb
      tilt or slant to one side; "cock one's head"
    • verb
      to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others; "He struts around like a rooster in a hen house"

    Synonyms of "cock" in English dictionary

    member, shaft, tilt are the top synonyms of "cock" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of cock

    • cock ( plural  cocks)
    • lp  liczba pojedyncza cock; lm  liczba mnoga cocks
    • cock ( third-person singular simple present cocks, present participle cocking, simple past and past participle cocked)
    • cock (plural cocks)
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