the male of any bird, esp. of the gallinaceous kind.
BuildingAlso 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.
(in a firearm)
the part of the lock that, by its fall or action, causes the discharge; hammer. See diag. under flintlock.
the position into which the cock, or hammer, is brought by being drawn partly or completely back, preparatory to firing.
Slang Terms(vulgar).
penis.
sexual relations with a man.
a weathercock.
aleader; chief person.
British Terms[Chiefly Brit. Informal.]pal; chum.
British Termsnonsense.
Time[Horol.]a bracketlike plate holding bearings, supported at one end only. Cf. bridge1 (def. 17).
[Archaic.]the time of the crowing of the cock; early in the morning; cockcrow.
v.t.
to pull back and set the cock, or hammer, of (a firearm) preparatory to firing.
to draw back in preparation for throwing or hitting:He cocked his bat and waited for the pitch.
Photographyto set (a camera shutter or other mechanism) for tripping. Cf. trip1 (def. 29).
v.i.
to cock the firing mechanism of a firearm.
bef. 900; Middle English cock, Old English cocc; cognate with Old Norse kokkr; origin, originally imitative
cock′like′, adj.
cock2(kok),USA pronunciationv.t.
to set or turn up or to one side, often in an assertive, jaunty, or significant manner:He cocked his eyebrow questioningly.
v.i.
to stand or stick up conspicuously.
Scottish Termsto strut; swagger; put on airs of importance.
Idiomscock a snook. See snook2 (def. 2).
n.
the act of turning the head, a hat, etc., up or to one side in a jaunty or significant way.
the position of anything thus placed.
probably special use of cock1 1705–15
cock3(kok),USA pronunciationn.[Chiefly Northern and North Midland U.S.]
Dialect Termsa conical pile of hay, dung, etc.
v.t.
Dialect Termsto pile (hay, dung, etc.) in cocks.
1350–1400; Middle English; cognate with dialect, dialectal German Kocke heap of hay or dung, Norwegian kok heap, lump; akin to Old Norse kǫkkr lump
its position when the firearm is ready to be discharged
a friend, mate, or fellow
a jaunty or significant tilting or turning upwards: a cock of the head
(transitive)to set the firing pin, hammer, or breech block of (a firearm) so that a pull on the trigger will release it and thus fire the weapon
(transitive) sometimes followed byup: to raise in an alert or jaunty manner
(intransitive)to stick or stand up conspicuously
Etymology: Old English cocc (referring to the male fowl; the development of C15 sense spout, tap, and other transferred senses is not clear), ultimately of imitative origin; related to Old Norse kokkr, French coq, Late Latin coccus
cock/kɒk/
a small, cone-shaped heap of hay, straw, etc
(transitive)to stack (hay, straw, etc) in such heaps
Etymology: 14th Century (in Old English, cocc is attested in place names): perhaps of Scandinavian origin; compare Norwegian kok, Danish dialect kok
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