Sekirov Dictionary

cocky

/ˈkɒki/

adjective 1
noun 3
verb 1
forms 5

adjective1

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Overly confident; arrogant and boastful.
- And now I think I may be cocky, / Since fortune has smurtl'd on me, / I'm Jenny, an' ye shall be Jockie, / 'Tis right we together sud be; [...] — 1794

noun3

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(Australia, informal) A familiar name for a cockatoo.
- Visit the local store at Coles Bay and you're greeted by a talking cocky called Jim. […] [A]s we bid farewell to this environmental showpiece, Jim the talking cocky is again the centre of attention … — 2005
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[before a noun] (Australia, informal) Clipping of cockatoo farmer (“small-scale farmer”); (by extension) any farmer or owner of rural land.
- We camped one evening at Narrangidgery Creek, close b’ a cocky’s ’umstead. — 1907
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(informal, old-fashioned) Used as a term of endearment, originally for a person of either sex, but later primarily for a man.
- Nay Cocky, Cocky, nay dear Cocky, do not cry, I was but in Jest, I was not ifeck [in faith?]. — 1693

verb1

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(Australia, informal) To operate a small-scale farm.
- I remained about a year, cockying, clearing land, and herd-recording as a servant of the Department of Agriculture. — 1939

forms

cockied · cockying · cockies · cockier · cockiest

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