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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology 1

From Middle English cok, from Old English coc, cocc (“cock, male bird”), from Proto-Germanic *kukkaz (“cock”), probably of onomatopoeic origin. Cognate with Old Norse kokkr (“cock”) (whence Danish kok (“cock”), Swedish kuk (“cock”)). Reinforced by Old French coc, also of imitative origin.

[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.
    • 2001, Carlton Mellick III, Satan Burger
      But Sorpon Black's philosophies had nothing to do with his enormous cock. They had to do with the intelligence of sandwiches.
    • 1991, Dennis Cooper, Frisk
      Julian reopened the ass-hole, spit, pushed in his cock, let the ass close around it.
    • 1971, William S. Burroughs, The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead, page 181
      His red cock flipped out stiff and lubricating.
  6. (curling) The circle at the end of the rink.
  7. The state of being cocked; an upward turn, tilt or angle.
  8. (UK, pejorative, slang) A stupid person.
  9. (informal, UK, Tasmania) An informal term of address.
    All right, cock
  10. A boastful tilt of one's head or hat
  11. (informal) shuttlecock
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[edit] Translations
any male bird
male gallinaceous bird
valve or tap for controlling flow of liquid — see stopcock
hammer of a firearm trigger mechanism
slang for penis
curling: circle at the end of the rink
state of being cocked
slang: stupid person
  • Czech: kokot (cs) m.
  • Dutch: kip zonder kop
informal: term of address
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[edit] Verb

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. (UK, 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 lift the cock of a firearm
to be prepared to be trickered
to copulate (with)
to turn upwards or to the side
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[edit] Interjection

cock

  1. (slang) Expression of annoyance.
    • 2006, "Vamp", oh cock i should have kept with a toyota! (on newsgroup uk.rec.cars.modifications)

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[edit] Etymology 2

From Middle English cock, cok, from Old English -cocc (attested in place names), from Old Norse kǫkkr (“lump”), from Proto-Germanic *kukkaz (“bulge, swelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *geugh- (“swelling”). Cognate with Norwegian kok (“heap, lump”), Swedish koka (“a lump of earth”), German Kocke (“heap of hay, dunghill”), Middle Low German kogge (“wide, rounded ship”), Dutch kogel (“ball”), German Kugel (“ball, globe”).

[edit] Noun

cock (plural cocks)

  1. A small pile
    The farmhands stack the hay into cocks
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small pile

[edit] Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To form into piles.
[edit] Translations
to form into small piles

[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.af:cock

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