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cock·sure    Audio Help   [kok-shoor, -shur] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.perfectly sure or certain; completely confident in one's own mind: She was cocksure that she was able to do the job better than anyone else.
2.too certain; overconfident: He was so cocksure he would win the election that he didn't even bother to campaign.
3.Obsolete. perfectly secure or safe.

[Origin: 1510–20; cock1 + sure]

cocksurely, adverb
cocksureness, noun

1. cocky, arrogant, conceited.
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cock·sure    Audio Help   (kŏk'shŏŏr')  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Completely sure; certain.
  2. Too sure; overconfident.

cock'sure'ly adv., cock'sure'ness n.
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cocksure

adjective
marked by excessive confidence; "an arrogant and cocksure materialist"; "so overconfident and impudent as to speak to the queen"; "the less he knows the more positive he gets" 

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ˌcockˈsure adjective
very or too confident
Example: He was cocksure about passing the exam.
Arabic: واثِقٌ بِنَفْسِهِ أكْثر مما يَنْبَغي
Chinese (Simplified): 太自信的
Chinese (Traditional): 太自信的
Czech: příliš jistý, sebejistý
Danish: skråsikker
Dutch: (te) zelfverzekerd
Estonian: enesekindel
Finnish: vuorenvarma
French: outrecuidant
German: todsicher
Greek: υπερβολικά σίγουρος
Hungarian: magabiztos
Icelandic: handviss; of viss
Indonesian: yakin
Italian: sicurissimo
Japanese: 信じ切って
Korean: 자신만만한
Latvian: pilnībā pārliecināts; pašpārliecināts
Lithuanian: visiškai tikras, pernelyg įsitikinęs
Norwegian: skråsikker
Polish: pewny
Portuguese (Brazil): confiante demais
Portuguese (Portugal): seguríssimo
Romanian: abso­lut sigur (de)
Russian: самоуверенный
Slovak: sebaistý
Slovenian: popolnoma prepričan
Spanish: creído
Swedish: tvärsäker, självsäker
Turkish: yüzde yüz emin olma
See also: cock, cock-and-bull story, cockerel, cock-crow, cock-eyed, cocky

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Cocksure

Cock"sure`\, a. 1. Perfectly safe. [Obs.]

We steal as in a castle, cocksure: . . . we walk invisible. --Shak.

2. Quite certain. [Colloq.]

I thought myself cocksure of the horse which he readily promised me. --Pope.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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