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    Cock
    /käk/

    noun

    • 1. a male bird, especially a rooster. British
    • 2. a penis. vulgar slang

    verb

    • 1. tilt (something) in a particular direction: "she cocked her head slightly to one side" Similar tilttipanglelean
    • 2. raise the cock of (a gun) in order to make it ready for firing: "he took the loaded pistol from his belt and cocked it"
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  2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › cockCock Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of COCK is the adult male of the domestic chicken (Gallus gallus) : rooster. How to use cock in a sentence.

  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishCOCK | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    COCK definition: 1. an adult male chicken: 2. used with the name of a bird to refer to the adult male of that type…. Learn more.

  4. www.dictionary.com › browse › cockCOCK Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Cock definition: a male chicken; rooster. . See examples of COCK used in a sentence.

  5. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › cockCock - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    A cock is a male bird, particularly a rooster. When you cock a gun, you raise its cock to make it ready for firing. When you cock something in a certain direction, you are tilting it that way.

  6. www.thefreedictionary.com › cockCock - definition of cock by The Free Dictionary

    Define cock. cock synonyms, cock pronunciation, cock translation, English dictionary definition of cock. n. 1. a. An adult male chicken; a rooster. b. An adult male of various other birds. 2. A weathervane shaped like a rooster; a weathercock. 3.

  7. www.collinsdictionary.com › us › dictionaryCOCK definition in American English | Collins English Dictionary

    noun. 1. a. the male of the chicken; rooster. b. the male of certain other birds. 2. Archaic. a. the crowing of a rooster, esp. at sunrise. b. cockcrow. 3. a woodcock. 4. a weather vane in the shape of a rooster; weathercock. 5. a leader or chief, esp. one with some boldness or arrogance. 6.

  8. www.yourdictionary.com › cockCock Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

    Origin of Cock. 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 ...

  9. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishCOCK | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

    COCK definition: 1. an adult male chicken 2. to move part of the body up or to the side: . Learn more.

  10. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishcock noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

    Definition of cock noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  11. www.britannica.com › dictionary › cockCock Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

    COCK meaning: 1 : an adult male chicken rooster; 2 : a device for stopping or slowing the flow of a liquid or gas through a pipe stopcock