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Noun: cock  kók
  1. Adult male chicken
    - rooster
     
  2. Adult male bird
     
  3. Faucet consisting of a rotating device for regulating flow of a liquid
    - stopcock, turncock
     
  4. The part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled
    - hammer
     
  5. [Brit, informal] An informal form of address for a man
    - fellow, dude [informal], buster [informal], bruv [UK, informal], bo [US, informal], matey [Brit, informal], bro [US, informal]
     
  6. [vulgar] Obscene term for penis
Verb: cock  kók
  1. Tilt or slant to one side
    "cock one's head"
     
  2. Set the trigger of a firearm back for firing
     
  3. To walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
    "He cocks around like a rooster in a hen house";
    - tittup, swagger, ruffle, prance, strut, sashay [N. Amer]

Derived forms: cocked, cocking, cocks

Type of: adult male, bird, birdie [informal], bozo [N. Amer, informal], cant, cant over, cat [N. Amer, informal], chappie [Brit, informal], chicken, chook [Austral, NZ, informal], faucet [N. Amer], Gallus gallus, geezer [Brit, informal], guy [informal], hombre [Brit, N. Amer, informal], lay, man, member, penis, phallus, pitch, place, pose, position, put, set, slant, sod [informal], spigot, striker, tap, tilt, walk

Part of: firing mechanism, gunlock

Encyclopedia: Cock, James