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noun
1.
a male chicken; rooster.
2.
the male of any bird, especially of the gallinaceous kind.
3.
Also called stopcock. a hand-operated valve or faucet, especially 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.
EXPANDverb (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 trip1 (def. 28).
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Cocking
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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verb (used without object)
15.
to cock the firing mechanism of a firearm.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English cock, Old English cocc; cognate with Old Norse kokkr; orig. imitative
before 900; Middle English cock, Old English cocc; cognate with Old Norse kokkr; orig. imitative
Related forms
cock·like, adjective
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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
Idiom4.
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.
6.
cock a snook. snook2 (def. 2).
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Word Origin & History
cock
seeming contradictory senses of "to stand up" (as in cock one's ear), c.1600, and "to bend" (1898) are from the two cock nouns. The first is probably in reference to the posture of the bird's head or tail, the second to the firearm position. To cock ones hat carries the notion of "defiant boastfulness"
EXPANDalso in M.E. cocken (c.1150) "to fight."
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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