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cock⋅y

1  [kok-ee]
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–adjective, cock⋅i⋅er, cock⋅i⋅est.
arrogant; pertly self-assertive; conceited: He walked in with a cocky air.
Origin:
1540–50; cock 1 + -y 1

Related forms:
cock⋅i⋅ly, adverb
cock⋅i⋅ness, noun
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cock⋅y

2  [kok-ee]
–noun, plural cock⋅ies.
1. Australian.
a. cockatoo (def. 1).
b. cockatoo (def. 2a).
2. cockatiel.
Origin:
1885–90; cock(atoo), cock(atiel) + -y 2

cock⋅y

3  [kok-ee]
–verb (used without object), cock⋅ied, cock⋅y⋅ing. Newfoundland.
copy (def. 16).
Origin:
appar. a playful alter., by assoc. with cocky 1

cop⋅y

  [kop-ee] noun, plural cop⋅ies, for 1, 2, 7, 9, verb, cop⋅ied, cop⋅y⋅ing.
–noun
1. an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original: a copy of a famous painting.
2. one of the various examples or specimens of the same book, engraving, or the like.
3. written matter intended to be reproduced in printed form: The editor sent the copy for the next issue to the printer.
4. the text of a news story, advertisement, television commercial, etc., as distinguished from related visual material.
5. the newsworthiness of a person, thing, or event (often prec. by good or bad): The president is always good copy. Compare news (def. 4).
6. Genetics. replication (def. 7).
7. Printing. pictures and artwork prepared for reproduction.
8. British Informal. (in schools) a composition; a written assignment.
9. British. a size of drawing or writing paper, 16 × 20 in. (40 × 50 cm).
10. Archaic. something that is to be reproduced; an example or pattern, as of penmanship to be copied by a pupil.
–verb (used with object)
11. to make a copy of; transcribe; reproduce: to copy a set of figures from a book.
12. to receive and understand (a radio message or its sender).
13. to follow as a pattern or model; imitate.
–verb (used without object)
14. to make a copy or copies.
15. to undergo copying: It copied poorly.
16. to hear or receive a radio message, as over a CB radio: Do you copy?
17. Also, cocky. Newfoundland. to leap from one ice pan to another across open water.
—Idiom
18. copy the mail, Citizens Band Radio Slang. mail 1 (def. 5).
Origin:
1300–50; ME copie (< AF) < ML cōpia abundance, something copied, L: wealth, abundance; see copious; (def. 16) orig. a children's game, from the phrase copy the leader

Synonyms:
1. duplicate, carbon, facsimile. 13. See imitate.

Antonyms:
13. originate.
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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cock·y   (kŏk'ē)   
adj.   cock·i·er, cock·i·est
Overly self-assertive or self-confident.
cock'i·ly adv., cock'i·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

copy 
c.1330, from O.Fr. copie, from M.L. copia "reproduction, transcript," from L. copia "plenty, means" (see copious). Originally "written transcript," sense extended 15c. to any specimen of writing (especially MS for a printer) and any reproduction or imitation. The verb, in the figurative sense of "to imitate" is attested from 1647. Copyright is 1735. Copycat is attested from 1896, but may be 40 or 50 years older.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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