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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
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