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peacock

1

[ pee-kok ]

noun

, plural pea·cocks, (especially collectively) pea·cock.
  1. the male of the peafowl distinguished by its long, erectile, greenish, iridescent tail coverts that are brilliantly marked with ocellated spots and that can be spread in a fan.
  2. any peafowl.
  3. a vain, self-conscious person.
  4. Peacock, Astronomy. the constellation Pavo.


verb (used without object)

  1. to make a vainglorious display; strut like a peacock.

Peacock

2

[ pee-kok ]

noun

  1. Thomas Love, 1785–1866, English poet and novelist.

Peacock

1

/ ˈpiːˌkɒk /

noun

  1. PeacockThomas Love17851866MEnglishWRITING: novelistWRITING: poet Thomas Love. 1785–1866, English novelist and poet, noted for his satirical romances, including Headlong Hall (1816) and Nightmare Abbey (1818)


peacock

2

/ ˈpiːˌkɒk /

noun

  1. a male peafowl, having a crested head and a very large fanlike tail marked with blue and green eyelike spots pavonine
  2. another name for peafowl
  3. a vain strutting person

verb

  1. to display (oneself) proudly
  2. obsolete.
    to acquire (the best pieces of land) in such a way that the surrounding land is useless to others

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Derived Forms

  • ˈpeaˌhen, noun:feminine
  • ˈpeaˌcockish, adjective

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Other Words From

  • peacocker·y peacockism noun
  • peacockish peacocky adjective
  • peacockish·ly adverb
  • peacockish·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of peacock1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English pecok, pocok equivalent to pe- ( Old English pēa “peafowl,” from Latin pāvōn-, stem of pavō peacock ( def ) ) + cok ( Old English coc cock 1 )

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Word History and Origins

Origin of peacock1

C14 pecok, pe- from Old English pāwa (from Latin pāvō peacock) + cock 1

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Idioms and Phrases

see proud as a peacock .

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Example Sentences

Paramount Plus will compete with NBC Universal’s Peacock and Warner Media’s HBO Max, which launched eight and 10 months earlier, respectively.

Stream Downton Abbey on Amazon Prime or Peacock, and Bridgerton on Netflix.

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For example, NBCUniversal’s Peacock is in a similar distribution standoff with Samsung that it has been in with Amazon and Roku, according to The Information.

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Peacock has shows from corporate parent Comcast’s Spanish-language property Telemundo.

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The stalemate likely involves Samsung wanting to be able to sell a share Peacock’s ad inventory.

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Peacock served as an expert witness on grizzlies in federal court for Glacier National Park.

Doug Peacock has been writing and lecturing about Yellowstone's bears for 40 years.

Among the angels is Tawuse Melek, who is often called the peacock angel.

Sure, Katy Perry might want to “see your peacock” but Lana wants to ride it down the street while doing a parade wave.

Efron, in a blink, went from shy concealment to peacock-ish display.

The Daily News, in referring to this, suggests that "peacock temper" was a misprint for "pique, or temper."

They went away feeling ready for any trouble in reason, and they gave Leo more peacock feathers and pence than he could count.

Jessie had dressed Henrietta, and the child was preening herself in the sun like a peacock.

Occasionally Malcolm shot a peacock, but shooting birds with a revolver is a difficult sport and wasteful of ammunition.

Jackson went among his men boasting loudly how he had taken the starch out of that young peacock of a captain.

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