Sekirov Dictionary

cock

UK /kɒk/US /kɑk/

noun25

  1. a male bird of the chicken family, especially one kept on a farm
  2. (informal, vulgar) A penis.
  3. A male bird.
  4. A cock pigeon.
  5. A male fish, especially a salmon or trout.
  6. (slang, disapproving) Nonsense; rubbish; a fraud.
  7. (slang, offensive) A stupid, obnoxious or contemptible person.
  8. A valve or tap for controlling flow in plumbing.
  9. The hammer of a firearm trigger mechanism.
  10. The state of being cocked; an upward turn, tilt or angle.
  11. A boastful tilt of one's head or hat.
  12. (UK, slang) A man; a fellow.
  13. (informal) Shuttlecock.
  14. A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock.
  15. A small conical pile of hay or grass.
  16. (humorous, old-fashioned) A chief person; a leader or master.
  17. The crow of a cock, especially the first crow in the morning; cockcrow.
  18. The circle at the end of the rink.
  19. (slang, vulgar) Vulva, vagina.
  20. The style or gnomon of a sundial.
  21. The indicator of a balance.
  22. The bridge piece that affords a bearing for the pivot of a balance in a clock or watch.
  23. Abbreviation of cock-boat, a type of small boat.
  24. (no longer used) A leading thing.
  25. (slang, no longer used) An apocryphal story supposedly describing a public event, once sold by street hawkers.

verb9

  1. To erect; to turn up.
  2. To turn or twist something upwards or to one side; to lift or tilt (e.g. headwear) boastfully.
  3. To lift the cock of a firearm or crossbow; to prepare (a gun or crossbow) to be fired.
  4. To be prepared to be triggered by having the cock lifted.
  5. (old-fashioned) To turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid, as an expression of derision or insinuation.
  6. (slang, vulgar) To copulate with; (by extension, as with fuck) to mess up, to damage, to destroy.
  7. To form into piles.
  8. (old-fashioned) To strut; to swagger; to look big, pert, or menacing.
  9. (no longer used) To make a nestle-cock of, to pamper or spoil (a child).

exclamation1

  1. (slang, vulgar) Expression of annoyance.
forms

cocked · cocking · cocketh · cocks

Phrases with cock

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