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stop⋅cock

  [stop-kok]
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–noun
cock 1 (def. 3).
Origin:
1575–85; stop + cock 1
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cock

1  [kok]
–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
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stop·cock   (stŏp'kŏk')   
n.  A valve that regulates the flow of fluid through a pipe; a faucet.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
cock

  1. n.
    the penis. (Taboo. Usually objectionable. Mainly in parts of the South, this refers instead to the female genitals.) : He made some joke about a cock, but nobody laughed.
  2. n.
    the female genitals. (In southern parts of the U.S.) : The doctor heard her say something about her “cock” and had no idea what to expect during the examination.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

cock  (v.)
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. Also, cockeyed (1821 in a literal sense; the meaning "askew, foolish" is first recorded 1896). To cock ones hat carries the notion of "defiant boastfulness" also in M.E. cocken (c.1150) "to fight."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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