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cock

1  [kok]
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–noun
1. a male chicken; rooster.
2. the male of any bird, esp. of the gallinaceous kind.
3. Also called stopcock. a hand-operated valve or faucet, esp. one opened or closed by rotating a cylindrical or tapered plug having part of the passage pierced through it from side to side.
4. (in a firearm)
a. the part of the lock that, by its fall or action, causes the discharge; hammer.
b. the position into which the cock, or hammer, is brought by being drawn partly or completely back, preparatory to firing.
5. Slang: Vulgar.
a. penis.
b. sexual relations with a man.
6. a weathercock.
7. aleader; chief person.
8. Chiefly British Informal. pal; chum.
9. British Slang. nonsense.
10. Horology. a bracketlike plate holding bearings, supported at one end only. Compare bridge 1 (def. 17).
11. Archaic. the time of the crowing of the cock; early in the morning; cockcrow.
–verb (used with object)
12. to pull back and set the cock, or hammer, of (a firearm) preparatory to firing.
13. to draw back in preparation for throwing or hitting: He cocked his bat and waited for the pitch.
14. to set (a camera shutter or other mechanism) for tripping. Compare trip 1 (def. 28).
–verb (used without object)
15. to cock the firing mechanism of a firearm.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME cock, OE cocc; c. ON kokkr; orig. imit.

Related forms:
cocklike, adjective

cock

2  [kok]
–verb (used with object)
1. to set or turn up or to one side, often in an assertive, jaunty, or significant manner: He cocked his eyebrow questioningly.
–verb (used without object)
2. to stand or stick up conspicuously.
3. Scot. and New England. to strut; swagger; put on airs of importance.
–noun
4. the act of turning the head, a hat, etc., up or to one side in a jaunty or significant way.
5. the position of anything thus placed.
—Idiom
6. cock a snook. snook 2 (def. 2).
Origin:
1705–15; prob. special use of cock 1

cock

3  [kok]
–noun Chiefly Northern and North Midland U.S.
1. a conical pile of hay, dung, etc.
–verb (used with object)
2. to pile (hay, dung, etc.) in cocks.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME; c. dial. G Kocke heap of hay or dung, Norw kok heap, lump; akin to ON kǫkkr lump
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cock 1   (kŏk)   
n.  

    1. An adult male chicken; a rooster.

    2. An adult male of various other birds.

    3. The hammer of a firearm.

    4. The position of the hammer of a firearm when ready for firing.

  2. A weathervane shaped like a rooster; a weathercock.

  3. A leader or chief.

  4. A faucet or valve by which the flow of a liquid or gas can be regulated.

    1. The hammer of a firearm.

    2. The position of the hammer of a firearm when ready for firing.

  6. A tilting or jaunty turn upward: the cock of a hat.

  7. Vulgar Slang The penis.

  8. Archaic The characteristic cry of a rooster early in the morning.

v.   cocked, cock·ing, cocks

v.   tr.

  1. To set the hammer of (a firearm) in a position ready for firing.

  2. To set (a device, such as a camera shutter) in a position ready for use.

  3. To tilt or turn up or to one side, usually in a jaunty or alert manner: cocked an eyebrow in response to a silly question.

  4. To raise in preparation to throw or hit: cocked the bat before swinging at the pitch.

v.   intr.

  1. To set the hammer of a firearm in a position ready for firing.

  2. To turn or stick up.

  3. To strut; swagger.


[Middle English cok, from Old English cocc, probably from Late Latin coccus, from coco, a cackling, of imitative origin.]
cock 2   (kŏk)   
n.  A cone-shaped pile of straw or hay.
tr.v.   cocked, cock·ing, cocks
To arrange (straw or hay) into piles shaped like cones.

[Middle English cok.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
cock

  1. n.
    the penis. (Taboo. Usually objectionable. Mainly in parts of the South, this refers instead to the female genitals.) : He made some joke about a cock, but nobody laughed.
  2. n.
    the female genitals. (In southern parts of the U.S.) : The doctor heard her say something about her “cock” and had no idea what to expect during the examination.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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cocked

  1. mod.
    drunk. : She's too cocked to drive. You drive her home.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

cock  (n1.)
O.E. cocc, O.Fr. coq, O.N. kokkr, all of echoic origin. O.E. cocc was a nickname for "one who strutted like a cock," thus a common term in the Middle Ages for a pert boy, used of scullions, apprentices, servants, etc. A common personal name till c.1500, it was affixed to Christian names as a pet diminutive, cf. Wilcox, Hitchcock, etc. Slang sense of "penis" is attested since 1618 (but cf. pillicock "penis," from c.1300). Cock-teaser is from 1891. Cock-sucker is used curiously for aggressively obnoxious men; the ancients would have understood the difference between passive and active roles; Catullus, writing of his boss, employs the useful L. insult irrumator, which means "someone who forces others to give him oral sex," hence "one who treats people with contempt." Cocky "arrogantly pert" (1768) originally meant "lecherous" (16c.); modern sense of "vain" is 18c. A cocker spaniel (1823) was trained to start woodcocks. Cock-and-bull is first recorded 1621, perhaps an allusion to Aesop's fables, with their incredible talking animals, or to a particular story, now forgotten. Fr. has parallel expression coq-à-l'âne.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Idioms & Phrases

cocked

see go off half-cocked; knock into a cocked hat.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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