Dictionary
Thesaurus
Reference
Translate
Web
Related Searches
on Ask.com
Synonyms
Nearby Entries
Peacock - 10 dictionary results
Sponsored Links Get Peacock Merchandise
Find 1,000's of Peacock Products. Clothes, Shoes, Furniture, Jewelry.
www.NexTag.com/Peacock-Products

pea⋅cock

   [pee-kok]
noun, plural -cocks, (especially collectively) -cock. verb
–noun
1. the male of the peafowl distinguished by its long, erectile, greenish, iridescent tail coverts that are brilliantly marked with ocellated spots and that can be spread in a fan.
2. any peafowl.
3. a vain, self-conscious person.
4. (initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation Pavo.
–verb (used without object)
5. to make a vainglorious display; strut like a peacock.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME pecok, equiv. to pe- (OE pēa peafowl < L pāvōn- pavo) + cok (OE coc cock 1 )
Language Translation for : Peacock
Spanish: pavo real, German: der Pfau, Japanese: くじゃく
View 30 other languages »
Sponsored Links Get Peacock Merchandise
Find 1,000's of Peacock Products. Clothes, Shoes, Furniture, Jewelry.
www.NexTag.com/Peacock-Products

Pea⋅cock

   [pee-kok]
–noun
Thomas Love, 1785–1866, English poet and novelist.
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
Cite This Source
pea·cock     (pē'kŏk')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. A male peafowl, distinguished by its crested head, brilliant blue or green plumage, and long modified back feathers that are marked with iridescent eyelike spots and that can be spread in a fanlike form.
    2. A peafowl, either male or female.
  2. A vain person; a dandy.
intr.v.   pea·cocked, pea·cock·ing, pea·cocks
To strut about like a peacock; exhibit oneself vainly.

[Middle English pocock, pecok : po, peacock (from Old English pawa, pēa, peafowl, from Latin pāvō, peacock) + Middle English cok; see cock1.]
pea'cock'ish, pea'cock'y adj.
Pea·cock     (pē'kŏk')  Pronunciation Key 
British writer noted for his satirical novels, including Nightmare Abbey (1818).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source

peacock 
c.1300, poucock, from M.E. po "peacock" + coc (see cock (n.)). Po is from O.E. pawa "peafowl," from L. pavo (gen. pavonis), which, with Gk. taos said to be ultimately from Tamil tokei (but perhaps is imitative; L. represented the peacock's sound as paupulo). The L. word also is the source of O.H.G. pfawo, Ger. Pfau, Du. pauw, O.C.S. pavu. Used as the type of a vainglorious person from c.1374. Its flesh superstitiously believed to be incorruptible (even St. Augustine credits this). "When he sees his feet, he screams wildly, thinking that they are not in keeping with the rest of his body." [Epiphanus]

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
peacock

noun
1. European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot 
2. male peafowl; having a crested head and very large fanlike tail marked with iridescent eyes or spots 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Cite This Source

peacock

see proud as a peacock.


The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Cite This Source

Peacock, MI (township, FIPS 08563120)
Location: (44.028817, -85.862760)
Population (2000): 445 (1,068 housing units)
Area: 34.833556 sq mi (land), 0.941878 sq mi (water)

U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau
Cite This Source

Peacock

Pea"cock`\, n. [OE. pecok. Pea- in this word is from AS. pe['a], p[=a]wa, peacock, fr. L. pavo, prob. of Oriental origin; cf. Gr. ?, ?, Per. t[=a]us, t[=a]wus, Ar. t[=a]wu?s. See Cock the bird.]

1. (Zo["o]l.) The male of any pheasant of the genus Pavo, of which at least two species are known, native of Southern Asia and the East Indies.

Note: The upper tail coverts, which are long and capable of erection, are each marked with a black spot bordered by concentric bands of brilliant blue, green, and golden colors. The common domesticated species is Pavo cristatus. The Javan peacock (P. muticus) is more brilliantly colored than the common species.

2. In common usage, the species in general or collectively; a peafowl.

Peacock butterfly (Zo["o]l.), a handsome European butterfly (Hamadryas Io) having ocelli like those of peacock.

Peacock fish (Zo["o]l.), the European blue-striped wrasse (Labrus variegatus); -- so called on account of its brilliant colors. Called also cook wrasse and cook.

Peacock pheasant (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of handsome Asiatic pheasants of the genus Polyplectron. They resemble the peacock in color.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
Cite This Source

Peacock

(Heb. tuk, apparently borrowed from the Tamil tokei). This bird is indigenous to India. It was brought to Solomon by his ships from Tarshish (1 Kings 10:22; 2 Chr. 9:21), which in this case was probably a district on the Malabar coast of India, or in Ceylon. The word so rendered in Job 39:13 literally means wild, tumultuous crying, and properly denotes the female ostrich (q.v.).

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Cite This Source
Share :Share This: digg.comShare This: www.stumbleupon.comShare This: del.icio.usShare This: FacebookShare This: favorites.live.comShare This: www.technorati.comShare This: furl.netShare This: www.myspace.comShare This: www.google.comShare This: myweb2.search.yahoo.comShare This: myjeeves.ask.com
Search another word or see Peacock on Thesaurus | Reference | Translate
Sponsored Links Get Peacock Merchandise
Find 1,000's of Peacock Products. Clothes, Shoes, Furniture, Jewelry.
www.NexTag.com/Peacock-Products