cock

Plural: cocks

Noun

• obscene terms for penis
• faucet consisting of a rotating device for regulating flow of a liquid
• the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled
• adult male chicken
• adult male bird
• A male bird, especially:
• A rooster: a male gallinaceous bird, especially a male domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus).
• A male bird, especially:
• A cock pigeon.
• A valve or tap for controlling flow in plumbing.
• The hammer of a firearm trigger mechanism.
• A penis.
• The circle at the end of the rink.
• The state of being cocked; an upward turn, tilt or angle.
• A stupid, obnoxious or contemptible person.
• Nonsense; rubbish; a fraud.
• A man; a fellow.
• A boastful tilt of one's head or hat.
• Shuttlecock.
• A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock.
• A chief person; a leader or master.
• A leading thing.
• The crow of a cock, especially the first crow in the morning; cockcrow.
• A male fish, especially a salmon or trout.
• The style or gnomon of a sundial.
• The indicator of a balance.
• The bridge piece that affords a bearing for the pivot of a balance in a clock or watch.
• Vulva, vagina.
• A small conical pile of hay or grass.
• Abbreviation of cock-boat, a type of small boat.

Verb

Verb Forms: cocked, cocking, cocks

• To tilt, raise, or set at an angle.
• tilt or slant to one side
  • "cock one's head"
• set the trigger of a firearm back for firing
• to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
• To lift the cock of a firearm or crossbow; to prepare (a gun or crossbow) to be fired.
• To be prepared to be triggered by having the cock lifted.
• To erect; to turn up.
• To copulate with; (by extension, as with fuck) to mess up, to damage, to destroy.
• To turn or twist something upwards or to one side; to lift or tilt (e.g. headwear) boastfully.
• To turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid, as an expression of derision or insinuation.
• To strut; to swagger; to look big, pert, or menacing.
• To make a nestle-cock of, to pamper or spoil (a child).
• To form into piles.

Intj

• Expression of annoyance.

Name

• A corruption of the word God, used in oaths.

Examples

• All right, cock?
• He cocked his hat jauntily.
• He would cock his head in thought before making a crucial Words With Friends move.
• In the darkness, the gun cocked loudly.
• The farmhands stack the hay into cocks.

Synonyms

dick, hammer, pecker, peter, prance, prick, putz, rooster, ruffle, sashay, shaft, stopcock, strut, swagger, tittup, tool, turncock, cockbird, cockfish, penis

Related Words

cock and bull story, cockerel

Anagrams of cock