[kok] 
| 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)
|
| 5. | Slang: Vulgar.
|
| 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. |
| 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). |
| 15. | to cock the firing mechanism of a firearm. |
