acock,adv., prop.phr.|aˈkɒk| [a prep.1 of state + cock.] In cocked fashion; defiantly. 1846Jerrold Chron. Clovern.Wks. 1864 IV. 379, A man, who, on his outstart in life, sets his hat acock at matrimony—a man who defies Hymen and all his wicked wiles.