Meaning of cock in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• A male bird, especially:

• A valve or tap for controlling flow in plumbing.

• The hammer of a firearm trigger mechanism.

• The notch of an arrow or crossbow.

• The penis.

• The circle at the end of the rink.

• The state of being cocked; an upward turn, tilt or angle.

• A stupid person.

• Nonsense; rubbish.

• (Tasmania) Term of address.

  Example: All right, cock?

• A boastful tilt of one's head or hat.

• Shuttlecock

• A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock.

• A chief man; a leader or master.

• 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.

verb

• 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.

  Example: In the darkness, the gun cocked loudly.

• To erect; to turn up.

• To copulate with.

• To turn or twist something upwards or to one side; to lift or tilt (e.g. headwear) boastfully.

  Example: He cocked his hat jauntily.

• 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 (of children)

interjection

• Expression of annoyance.

  Example: 2006, "Vamp", oh cock i should have kept with a toyota! (on newsgroup uk.rec.cars.modifications)

noun

• (where it is still sometimes used) Vulva, vagina.

noun

• A small conical pile of hay.

  Example: The farmhands stack the hay into cocks

verb

• To form into piles.

noun

• Abbreviation of cock-boat, a type of small boat.

proper noun

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