cock

English

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Pronunciation

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

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• Homophone: caulk (some pronunciations)
• (UK) IPA: /kɒk/, X-SAMPA: /kQk/
• Rhymes: -ɒk

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”)). Reinforced by Old French coc, also of imitative origin.

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. The notch of an arrow or crossbow.
6. (slang, vulgar) The penis.
   • 1971, William S. Burroughs, The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead, page 181
   • 1991, Dennis Cooper, Frisk
   • 2001, Carlton Mellick III, Satan Burger
7. (curling) The circle at the end of the rink.
8. The state of being cocked; an upward turn, tilt or angle.
9. (UK, New Zealand, pejorative, slang) A stupid person.
10. (informal, UK, Tasmania) An informal term of address.

    All right, cock?

11. A boastful tilt of one's head or hat
12. (informal) shuttlecock

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

Derived terms

cock-a-hoop cock-a-leekie cockcrow cockchafer cocker cocker spaniel cockeyed cockfight cockfighting cockloft

cockpit cocksure cocktease cockteaser fighting cock gamecock uncockable weathercock woodcock

Related terms

• cockerel

Translations

any male bird

• Afrikaans: mannetjie (af)
• Arabic: ذكر  (ar) (ðakar) m (suffix "for any kind")

  Egyptian Arabic: دكر (dakar) m (suffix "for any kind")

• Basque: ar (eu)
• Bulgarian: мъжка птица (bg) (mǎžka ptica)
• Czech: kohout (cs) m
• Danish: kok (da), han (da)
• Dutch: mannetje (nl) n
• Estonian: isaslind (et)
• Faroese: steggi (fo) m
• Finnish: koiras (fi)
• French: mâle (fr) m
• German: Männchen (de) n
• Hungarian: kakas (hu)

• Icelandic: karlfugl (is) m
• Irish: coileach (ga) m
• Italian: maschio (it) m, uccello (it)
• Latvian: gailis (lv) m
• Malayalam: പൂവൻ (ml) (poovan)
• Maltese: għasfur (mt)
• Ojibwe: naabese
• Polish: kurka (pl)
• Romanian: bărbătuș (ro) m
• Scottish Gaelic: coileach (gd) m
• Spanish: ave (es) macho (es) m
• Swedish: tupp (sv)
• Turkmen: horaz (tk)

male gallinaceous bird

• Afrikaans: haan (af) m
• Albanian: kokosh (sq) m
• Arabic: ديك (ar) (dīk) m, ذكر  (ar) (ðakar) m (suffix "for any kind")

  Egyptian Arabic: ديك (dīk) m, دكر (dakar) m (suffix "for any kind")

• Armenian: աքլոր (hy) (ak'lor), աքաղաղ (hy) (ak'aġaġ)
• Asturian: pitu (ast) m
• Basque: oilar (eu)
• Bulgarian: петел (bg) (petel) m
• Burmese: ကြက်ဖ (my) (kyet-hpa.)
• Catalan: gall (ca) m
• Chamicuro: kayo
• Crimean Tatar: horaz, (Northern dialect) qoraz
• Czech: kohout (cs) m
• Danish: kok (da), hane (da) c
• Dutch: haan (nl) m
• Esperanto: virkoko (eo) m, kokiĉo (eo) m, koko (eo)
• Estonian: kukk (et)
• Ewe: koklotsu m
• Faroese: hani (fo) m
• Finnish: kukko (fi)
• French: coq (fr) m
• Galician: galo (gl) m
• Georgian: მამალი (ka) (mamali)
• German: Hahn (de) m
• Greek: κόκορας (el) (kókoras) m
• Hebrew: תרנגול (he) (tarnegol)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: kakas (hu)
• Icelandic: hani (is) m
• Indonesian: jago (id)
• Interlingua: gallo (ia)
• Irish: coileach (ga) m
• Italian: gallo (it) m
• Khmer: មាន់ឈ្មោល (km) (moan cmool)

• Latvian: gailis (lv) m
• Lithuanian: gaidys (lt)
• Luhya: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: петел (mk) (pétel) m
• Maltese: serduq (mt) m
• Navajo: naaʼahóóhai bikąʼii
• Norwegian: hane (no) m
• Occitan: gal (oc) m
• Ojibwe: naabese
• Papiamentu: gai
• Persian: خروس (fa) (xorus)
• Polish: kogut (pl) m, (archaic) kur (pl) m
• Portuguese: galo (pt) m
• Romanian: cocoș (ro) m
• Russian: петух (ru) (petúx) m
• Scottish Gaelic: coileach (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can
• Sicilian: jaddu (scn) m
• Skolt Sami: åå´reskää´nn
• Slovak: kohút (sk) m
• Slovene: petelin (sl) m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: kokot m

• Spanish: gallo (es) m
• Swahili: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: tupp (sv)
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Telugu: కోడిపుంజు (te) (kODi puMju)
• Turkish: horoz (tr)
• Turkmen: horaz (tk)
• West Frisian: hoanne (fy)

valve or tap for controlling flow of liquid — see stopcock

hammer of a firearm trigger mechanism

• Armenian: շնիկ (hy) (šnik)
• Bulgarian: ударник (bg) (udarnik) m
• Dutch: haan (nl) m
• Finnish: iskuri (fi)
• Greek: κόκορας (el) (kókoras) m, λύκος (el) (lýkos) m, λύκος (el) (lýkos) m

• Hungarian: ravasz (hu)
• Italian: cane (it) m
• Romanian: cocoș (ro) n
• Russian: курок (ru) (kurók) m
• Swedish: hane (sv)

slang for penis

• Afrikaans: piel (af)
• Albanian: kar (sq)
• Arabic: زُّب (ar) (zub) m

  Egyptian Arabic: زب (zeb) m, زبر (zubr) m

  Hadrami Arabic: زب (zub) m

  Libyan Arabic: زب (zeb) m

  North Levantine Arabic: أير (ʔér) m

  South Levantine Arabic: أير  (ʔayr) m

• Armenian: կլիր (hy) (klir)
• Azeri: sik (az)
• Basque: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: хуй (be) (xuj) m
• Bengali: ধন (bn) (dhôn)
• Bulgarian: кур (bg) (kur) m, хуй (bg) (huj) m
• Catalan: carall (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 屌 (dīu2), 㞗 (gau1), 𡳞 (lan2)

  Mandarin: 雞巴 (cmn), 鸡巴 (cmn) (jība), 屌 (cmn) (diǎo)(euphemism) 鳥 (cmn) (diǎo)

• Czech: (slang) pták (cs) m, čurák (cs) m, chuj (cs) m
• Danish: pik (da)
• Dutch: lul (nl) m, pik (nl) m
• Esperanto: kaco (eo)
• Estonian: munn (et)
• Extremaduran: please add this translation if you can
• Faroese: murtur (fo) m, snillur (fo) m, fansur (fo) m
• Finnish: kyrpä (fi), kulli (fi), mulkku (fi)
• French: bite (fr) f, paf (fr) m, pine (fr) f, queue (fr) f, vit (fr) m, zob (fr) m
• Galician: carallo (gl)
• Georgian: ყლე (ka) (qle)
• German: Schwanz (de) m, Schlange (de) f
• Greek: πούτσα (el) (pútsa) f (obscene), ψωλή (el) (psolí) f (slang, obscene), καυλί (el) (kavlí) n (slang, obscene), πούτσος (el) (pútsos) m (obscene), παπάρι (el) (papári) n (slang), παπάρα (el) (papára) f (slang)
• Hebrew: זין (he) (záyin) m
• Hindi: लुंड (hi) (luṇḍ), लंड (hi) (lãṇḍ) m
• Hungarian: farok (hu)
• Icelandic: typpi (is) n, drjóli (is) m, göndull (is) m
• Indonesian: burung (id), kontol (id) (slang, obscene)
• Interlingua: pene (ia)
• Irish: bod (ga)
• Italian: cazzo (it) m, uccello (it) m
• Japanese: ちんこ (ja) (chinko), ちんぽ (ja) (chinpo), ちんちん (ja) (chinchin), (of children) おちんちん (ja) (o-chinchin), ぽこちん (ja) (pokochin), まら (ja) (mara), ちんぽこ (ja) (chinpoko)

• Kazakh: қотақ (kk) (qotaq)
• Korean: 좆 (ko) (jot), 자지 (ko) (jaji), 고추 (ko)
• Latin: mentula (la)
• Latvian: vdaikts (lv) m, daikts (lv) m, pimpis (lv) m
• Lithuanian: bybis (lt) m, bybys (lt) m
• Luhya: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: кур (mk) (kur) m
• Maltese: żobb (mt) m
• Navajo: achoʼ
• Norwegian: kuk (no), kukk (no) m, pikk (no) m
• Ojibwe: niinag (inanimate, my penis)
• Pashto: غيڼ (ps) (ǧiṇ)
• Persian: کیر (fa) (kir)
• Polish: chuj (pl) m, fiut (pl) m, kutas (pl) m, pała (pl) f
• Portuguese: pinto (pt) m
• Romanian: pulă (ro) f, miel (ro) m
• Russian: хуй (ru) (xuj) m, хер (ru) (xer) m, (mild) член (ru) (člen) m, (of children) писюн (ru) (pisjún) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ку̏рац (sh) m

  Roman: kȕrac (sh) m

• Sicilian: minchia (scn) f
• Slovak: kokot (sk) m, chuj (sk) m, vták (sk) m
• Slovene: kurec (sl) m, kurac (sl) m
• Spanish: polla (es) f, verga (es) f, (Chile) ñefle (es) m
• Swedish: kuk (sv)
• Tamil: ஆண்குறி (ta) (āṇkuri)
• Tatar: кутак (tt) (kutak)
• Telugu: లింగము (te) (liMgamu)
• Thai: ควย (th) (khuai), กระเจี๊ยว (th) (grà-jíeow), กระดอ (th) (grà-dor), ก๊อก (th) (gók) (from English "cock"), นกเขา (th) (nók kăo)
• Turkish: yarak (tr)
• Ukrainian: хуй (uk) (xuj) m, (of children) пісюн (uk) (pisjún) m
• Urdu: لنڈ (ur) (lãṇḍ) m
• Vietnamese: cặc (vi)
• West Frisian: lul (fy)
• Yiddish: שלאַנג (yi) (shlang, schlang) f, שוואַנץ (yi) (shvants, schwanz) f

curling: circle at the end of the rink

state of being cocked

• Finnish: yläkeno (fi)

• Italian: inclinazione (it) f

slang: stupid person

• Czech: kokot (cs) m
• Dutch: kip zonder kop (nl)

• Russian: придурок (ru) (pridurok) m
• Tamil: முட்டாள் (ta) (muṭṭāḷ)

informal: term of address

• Italian: compagno (it) m

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• Albanian: gjel (sq) m, kaposh (sq) m
• Cantonese: 雞公 (gai1 gung1)
• Catalan: ocellet (ca) m
• Esperanto: koko (eo)
• Spanish: cimbrel (es) m, nabo (es) m, pirula (es) f, chupa-chups (es) m, pilila (es) f, minga (es) f, manubrio (es) m, cipote (es) m, carajo (es) m, pito (es) m, picha (es) f, tranca (es) f, sable (es) m

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.

Derived terms

• to cock one's ear

Translations

to lift the cock of a firearm

• Dutch: de haan overhalen (nl)
• Finnish: virittää (fi)
• French: armer le chien (fr)
• Icelandic: spenna (is)

• Indonesian: mengokang (id)
• Italian: armare (it)
• Swedish: spänna (sv)
• Tagalog: ikasa (tl)

to be prepared to be trickered

• Finnish: virittyä (fi)

to copulate (with)

• Dutch: neuken (nl)

• French: baiser (fr)

to turn upwards or to the side

• Bulgarian: щръквам (bg) (štrǎkvam), вирвам (bg) (virvam)
• Finnish: kallistaa (fi)

• Italian: alzare (it), drizzare (it)

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• Hausa: mazakuta (ha), (1) gindi (ha), (2) bura (ha), kutuma (ha)

Interjection

cock

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

See also

• cock and bull story

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”).

Noun

cock (plural cocks)

1. A small conical pile of hay.

   The farmhands stack the hay into cocks

Derived terms

• hay-cock

Translations

small pile

• Bulgarian: купа (bg) (kupa) f

• Dutch: opper (nl) m

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To form into piles.
   • Spenser

     Under the cocked hay.

Translations

to form into small piles

• Dutch: opperen (nl)

Etymology 3

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

Noun

cock (plural cocks)

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

Etymology 4

Proper noun

cock

1. (obsolete) A corruption of the word God, used in oaths.
   • Shakespeare

     By cock and pie.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.