cock

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Derived terms 1.2.1.3 Related terms 1.2.1.4 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.2.2.1 Derived terms 1.2.2.2 Translations 1.2.3 See also 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Derived terms 1.3.1.2 Translations 1.3.2 Verb 1.3.2.1 Translations 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Noun

[edit] English

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[edit] Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: käk, kôk, IPA: /kɑk/, /kɔːk/, SAMPA: /kAk/, /kO:k/

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  Homophones: caulk (some pronunciations)

• (UK) IPA: /kɒk/, SAMPA: /kQk/

  Rhymes: -ɒk

[edit] Etymology 1

Middle English cok, from Old English cocc, an onomatopoeia akin to Old Norse kokkr "cock", reinforced by Old French coq and cocorico, also sound-imitative.

[edit] Noun

cock (plural cocks)

1. A male bird, especially a domestic fowl.
2. Male chicken or other gallinaceous bird.
3. A valve or tap for controlling flow in plumbing.
4. The hammer of a firearm trigger mechanism.
5. (slang, vulgar) The penis.
6. (curling) The circle at the end of the rink.
7. The state of being cocked; an upward turn, tilt or angle.
8. (British, pejorative, slang) A stupid person.
9. (informal, British, Tasmanian) An informal term of address.

   All right, cock

10. A boastful tilt of one's head or hat

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• (male bird): cockbird
• (male chicken): rooster
• (valve): stopcock
• (penis): see WikiSaurus:penis

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• cockerel

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[edit] Verb

to cock (third-person singular simple present cocks, present participle cocking, simple past and past participle cocked)

1. (transitive) To lift the cock of a firearm; to prepare (a gun) to be fired.
2. (intransitive) To be prepared to be triggered.

   In the darkness, the gun cocked loudly.

3. (transitive) To erect, notably lift or tilt (headwear) boastfully
4. (British, transitive, slang) To copulate with.
5. (transitive) To turn or twist something upwards or to one side.

   He cocked his hat jauntily.

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• to cock one's ear

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[edit] See also

• cock and bull story

[edit] Etymology 2

From Middle English cok, of Scandinavian origin

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[edit] Noun

cock (plural cocks)

1. A small pile

   The farmhands stack the hay into cocks

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• hay-cock

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to cock (third-person singular simple present cocks, present participle cocking, simple past and past participle cocked)

1. (transitive) To form into piles.

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[edit] Etymology 3

from Old French coque (“‘a type of small boat’”), from child-talk coco 'egg'

[edit] Noun

cock (plural cocks)

1. Short for cock-boat, a type of small boat.