Cock definition
A dog cocks his ears.
Cocked an eyebrow in response to a silly question.
Cocked the bat before swinging at the pitch.
An example of a cock is a male chicken.
The cock of a hat.
All right, cock?
In the darkness, the gun cocked loudly.
He cocked his hat jauntily.
An example of to cock is tilting a hat to the side.
An example of to cock is a cat raising his ears when he hears a sound outside, he cocks his ears.
The cock of a hat.
- An overbearing or domineering person.
Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
Origin of cock
- Middle English cok from Old English cocc probably from Late Latin coccus from coco a cackling of imitative origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Middle English cok
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English cock, cok, from Old English -cocc (attested in place names), from Old Norse kǫkkr (“lump”), from Proto-Germanic *kukkaz (“bulge, swelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *geugh- (“swelling”). Cognate with Norwegian kok (“heap, lump”), Swedish koka (“a lump of earth”), German Kocke (“heap of hay, dunghill”), Middle Low German kogge (“wide, rounded ship”), Dutch kogel (“ball”), German Kugel (“ball, globe”).
From Wiktionary
- From Middle English cok, from Old English coc, cocc (“cock, male bird”), from Proto-Germanic *kukkaz (“cock”), probably of onomatopoeic origin. Cognate with Old Norse kokkr ("cock"; whence Danish kok (“cock”)). Reinforced by Old French coc, also of imitative origin.
From Wiktionary
- from Old French coque (“a type of small boat”), from child-talk coco 'egg'
From Wiktionary