cock
cock (käk)
noun
- the male of the chicken; rooster
- the male of certain other birds
- Archaic
- the crowing of a rooster, esp. at sunrise
- cockcrow
- a woodcock
- a weather vane in the shape of a rooster; weathercock
- a leader or chief, esp. one with some boldness or arrogance
- a faucet or valve for regulating the flow of a liquid or gas
- the hammer of a firearm
- the position of such a hammer when set for firing
- a tilting or turning upward, as of the eye or ear
- a jaunty, erect position the cock of a hat
- Slang, Vulgar the penis
Etymology: ME cok < OE coc & OFr coq, like Dan kok, ON kokkr, of echoic orig.
transitive verb
- to tilt or set (a hat, etc.) jauntily on one side
- to raise to an erect position a dog cocks his ears
- to tilt or turn (the eye or ear) toward something
- to set the hammer of (a gun) in firing position
- to set (a tripping device, as for the shutter of a camera) ready to be released
- to draw back (one's fist, arm, etc.) ready to strike
intransitive verb
- to assume an erect or tilted position
- Archaic to behave in a cocky way; strut
cock (käk)
noun
a small, cone-shaped pile, as of hay
Etymology: ME cokke, akin to ON køkkr, Dan kok, a pile < IE *quqā- < base *gēu-: see cog
transitive verb
to pile in cocks
Object
- snoot: Also of course Iran is cocking a snoot at the US and Britain.
- hat: They beat Harry Potter into a cocked hat, I'm afraid.
- pistol: Blue; two cocked flintlock pistols in saltire proper.
- hammer: Sir Arthur drew his revolver and cocked the hammer.
- shutter: The exposure can be set only with the shutter cocked.
Converse of object
Adjective modifier
Modifies a noun
Noun used with modifier
And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how hehad said unto him,Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.
'öd!'said my mother,'what is all this storyabout?'ö'A Cock and a Bull,'said Yorick.
The cock doth craw, the day doth daw, The channerin' worm doth chide.
We are na fou, we're nae that fou, But just a drappie in our e'e; The cock may craw, the day may daw, And ay we'll taste the barley bree.
Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade, Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap, Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. The breezy call of incense-breathing Morn, The swallow twitt'ring from the straw-built shed, The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed.
He was likea cock who thoughtthesun had risento hear him crow.
While the cock with lively din Scatters the rear of darkness thin, And to the stack or the barn door, Stoutly struts his dames before. 576
Our cock won't fight.
She understood how much louder a cockcan crow in its own farmyard then elsewhere.
Patriotism is a lively sense of collective responsibility. Nationalism is a silly cock crowing on its own dunghill.
Crito, we oughtto offera cock to Asclepius. Seetoit, and don't forget.
Jesus said unto him,Verily I say unto thee,That this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. Peter said unto him,Though Ishould die with thee yet will I not deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples.
My old man said,'Follow the van, Don't dilly-dally on the way!' Off went the cart with the home packed in it, I walked behind with my old cock linnet. But I dillied and dallied, dallied and dillied, Lost the van and don't know where to roam. You can't trust the'specials' like the old time 'coppers' When you can't find your way home.
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