peacocks

Variant of peacock

peacock definition

pea·cock (pē′käk′)

noun pl. peacocks -·cocks′ or peacock -·cock′

    1. any male peafowl, esp., one of a species (Pavo cristatus) with a crest of plumules and long, brightly colored upper tail coverts that can be spread like a fan and have rainbow-colored, eyelike spots
    2. loosely any peafowl
  2. a vain, strutting person

Etymology: ME pacok < pa, peacock (< OE pea < early WGmc borrowing < L pavo, peacock, ? akin to Gr taōs, ? of Asian orig.) + cok, cock

intransitive verb

to display vanity in behavior, dress, etc.; strut

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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