cocknoun
uk/kɒk/us/kɑːk/cock noun (BIRD)
[ C ] US also rooster an adult male chicken:
The cock started to crow.
[ C ] used with the name of a bird to refer to the adult male of that type:
a cock robin
a cock pheasant
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Names for the male & female of animals
- billy goat
- bitch
- boar
- boomer
- buck
- bull
- bullock
- cob
- ewe
- gelding
- mare
- nanny goat
- ox
- ram
- stag
- stallion
- steer
- tigress
- tom
- tomcat
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Hens
cock noun (PENIS)
[ C ] offensive a penis
cock noun (FORM OF ADDRESS)
UK old-fashioned informal also cocker, a friendly form of address, used especially by a man talking to another man:
Wotcher, cock! How's things?
cockverb
uk/kɒk/us/kɑːk/cock verb (TURN)
[ T ] to move a part of your body upwards or in a particular direction:
He cocked his head on one side with a slight frown.
The dog cocked its leg (= urinated) against a tree.
to cock an ear/eyebrow
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Gestures & gesturing
- air punch
- air quotes
- bat
- beckon
- blow
- bob
- body language
- cue
- finger
- give sb the finger idiom
- inclination
- mooning
- motion
- namaskar
- nod
- non-verbal
- peace sign
- pump
- pump sb's hand idiom
- wave sb/sth down
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cock verb (PREPARE GUN)
[ T ] to push the necessary piece of a gun up into position so that it is ready to fire:
He cocked his rifle and took aim.
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Guns
- cannon
- cannonade
- cannonball
- charge
- crossfire
- double-action
- fire sth off
- go off
- kick
- machine gun
- ordnance
- point-blank
- potshot
- recoil
- shoot
- shooting gallery
- shot
- sniper
- snub-nosed
- Taser
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Idiom(s)
cock a snook at sb/sth
Phrasal verb(s)
cock sth up