cocky Definition
cocky (käk′ē)
cocky Usage Examples
Adjective complement with noun phrase
get: He was just getting a bit cocky for his own good.
Modifies a noun
- swagger: Is it even really the same band that hijacked Britpop with a cocky Mancunian swagger ten years ago?
- attitude: And we started getting a real cocky attitude, like, " Well, why should we sign a record, anyway?
- self: There was Michael Brown, who for once didn't appear his usual assured, cocky self.
- car: CARS ( PG ) Lightning McQueen is a cocky, rookie race car.
- one: They came across as cocky, but the cocky ones make the most interesting entertainment.
- bastard: Right, you cocky bastards, I've got you now, I thought.
Modifying Another Word
- too: They have a swagger, not too cocky, it's not a chip on the shoulder attitude thing, they just know.
- so: The boy with the back massage was so cocky I wanted to slap him.
- not: I did this by being normal, not cocky or arrogant.
- rather: I have been to the home and seen for myself this improved but rather cocky dog!
- little: Maybe that put me off, or maybe I was a little cocky.
- very: And they got very cocky, and went about saying you were done for this time!
Used with adjective complement
- get: I warned Tory MPs not to get too cocky about the police investigations.
- feel: I begin to know I ought to feel sheepish and beat, but somehow I feel cocky instead.
- appear: A modern-day superhero has to contend with America's obsession with winners and the UK's preoccupation with not appearing too cocky.
- become: It was then that the tribes became too cocky - and their overconfidence led to their final defeat.
Browse dictionary entries near cocky
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- ‹ cockspur
- ‹ cockshy
- ‹ cockshut
- ‹ cockscomb
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