cock

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[edit] English

[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

Singular
cock

Plural
cocks

cock (plural cocks)

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

All right, cock
A boastful tilt of one's head or hat

[edit] Synonyms

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

[edit] Derived terms

Derived terms

[edit] Related terms

cockerel

[edit] Translations

any male bird

Basque: ar eu(eu)
Czech: kohout cs(cs) m.
Danish: kok da(da), han da(da)
Dutch: mannetje nl(nl) n.
Finnish: koiras fi(fi)
French: mâle fr(fr) m.
German: Männchen de(de) n.
Icelandic: karlfugl is(is) m.

Irish: coileach ga(ga) m.
Italian: maschio it(it) m.
Latvian: gailis m.
Maltese: għasfur mt(mt)
Ojibwe: naabese
Spanish: ave es(es) macho es(es) m.
Swedish: tupp sv(sv)

male gallinaceous bird

Afrikaans: haan af(af) m.
Albanian: kokosh sq(sq) m.
Armenian: աքլոր (ak'lor), աքաղաղ (ak'aġaġ)
Basque: oilar eu(eu)
Chamicuro: kayo
Crimean Tatar: horaz (Northern dialect qoraz)
Czech: kohout cs(cs) m.
Danish: kok da(da), hane da(da) c.
Dutch: haan nl(nl) m.
Ewe: koklotsu m.
Finnish: kukko fi(fi)
French: coq fr(fr) m.
German: Hahn de(de) m.
Greek: κόκορας el(el) (kókoras) m.
Hebrew: תרנגול (tarnegol)
Hungarian: kakas hu(hu)
Icelandic: hani is(is) m.
Indonesian: jago
Interlingua: gallo

Irish: coileach ga(ga) m.
Italian: gallo it(it) m.
Latvian: gailis m.
Macedonian: петел mk(mk) (pétel) m.
Maltese: serduq mt(mt) m.
Norwegian: hane no(no) m.
Occitan: gal oc(oc) m.
Ojibwe: naabese
Polish: kogut pl(pl) m.
Portuguese: galo pt(pt) m.
Romanian: cocoş ro(ro) m.
Russian: петух ru(ru) (petúx) m.
Sicilian: jaddu m.
Slovak: kohút m.
Slovene: petelin sl(sl) m.
Spanish: gallo es(es) m.
Swedish: tupp sv(sv)
Turkish: horoz tr(tr)
West Frisian: hoanne

valve or tap for controlling flow of liquid — see stopcock

hammer of a firearm trigger mechanism

Dutch: haan nl(nl) m.

Finnish: iskuri fi(fi)

slang for penis

Afrikaans: piel
Albanian: kar sq(sq)
Arabic: زب ar(ar) (zubb) m., زبر ar(ar) (zubr) m., أير ar(ar) ('ayr) m.
Armenian: կլիր (klir)
Belarusian: хуй be(be) (xuj) m.
Bulgarian: кур bg(bg) (kur) m., хуй bg(bg) (huj) m.
Catalan: carall
Chinese:

Cantonese: 屌/𨳒 [⿵門小] (diu2), 𨳊 [⿵門九] (gau1), 𨶙 [⿵門能] (lan2), 𨳍 [⿵門七] (cat6)

Mandarin: 雞巴 zh(zh), 鸡巴 zh(zh) (jība), 屌 zh(zh) (diǎo), (euphemism) 鳥 zh(zh), 鸟 zh(zh) (diǎo)
Danish: pik da(da)
Dutch: lul nl(nl) m., pik nl(nl) m.
Esperanto: kaco eo(eo)
Finnish: kyrpä fi(fi), kulli fi(fi)
French: bite fr(fr) f., paf fr(fr) m., pine fr(fr) f., queue fr(fr) f., vit fr(fr) m., zob fr(fr) m.
German: Schwanz de(de) m.
Greek: πούτσα (pútsa) f. (obscene), ψωλή (psolí) f. (slang, obscene), καυλί (kavlí) n. (slang, obscene), πούτσος (pútsos) m. (obscene), παπάρι (papári) n. (slang), παπάρα (papára) f. (slang)
Hebrew: זין (zayn)
Icelandic: typpi is(is) n., drjóli is(is) m., göndull is(is) m.
Interlingua: pene
Irish: bod ga(ga)
Italian: cazzo it(it) m.

Japanese: ちんこ ja(ja) (chinko), ちんぽ ja(ja) (chinpo), ちんちん ja(ja) (chinchin), (of children) おちんちん ja(ja) (o-chinchin), ぽこちん ja(ja) (pokochin), まら ja(ja) (mara), ちんぽこ ja(ja) (chinpoko)
Korean: 좆 ko(ko) (jot), 자지 ko(ko) (jaji)
Latin: mentula la(la)
Latvian: daikts m.
Macedonian: кур mk(mk) (kur) m.
Maltese: żobb mt(mt) m.
Navajo: acho'
Norwegian: kuk/kukk m., pikk m.
Ojibwe: niinag (inanimate, my penis)
Pashto: غين (gheen)
Persian: کیر (kir)
Polish: chuj pl(pl) m., fiut pl(pl) m., kutas pl(pl) m., kutafon pl(pl) m., pała pl(pl) f.
Portuguese: pinto pt(pt) m.
Romanian: pulă ro(ro) f., miel ro(ro) m.
Russian: хуй ru(ru) (xuj) m., хер ru(ru) (xer) m., (mild) член ru(ru) (člen) m., (of children) писюн ru(ru) (pisjún) m.
Sicilian: minchia f.
Slovak: kokot sk(sk) m.
Slovene: kurec sl(sl) m., kurac sl(sl) m.
Spanish: polla es(es) f., verga es(es) f.
Swedish: kuk sv(sv)
Turkish: yarak tr(tr)
Ukrainian: хуй uk(uk) (xuj) m., (of children) пісюн uk(uk) (pisjún) m.
West Frisian: lul

curling: circle at the end of the rink

state of being cocked

Finnish: yläkeno fi(fi)

slang: stupid person

Dutch: kip zonder kop

Russian: придурок ru(ru) m.

informal: term of address

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

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to cock

Third person singular
cocks

Simple past
cocked

Past participle
cocked

Present participle
cocking

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

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

In the darkness, the gun cocked loudly.
(transitive) To erect, notably lift or tilt (headwear) boastfully
(British, transitive, slang) To copulate with.
(transitive) To turn or twist something upwards or to one side.

He cocked his hat jauntily.

[edit] Derived terms

to cock one's ear

[edit] Translations

to lift the cock of a firearm

Dutch: de haan overhalen
Finnish: virittää fi(fi)

Icelandic: spenna is(is)

to be prepared to be trickered

Finnish: virittyä fi(fi)

to copulate (with)

Dutch: neuken nl(nl)

to turn upwards or to the side

Finnish: kallistaa fi(fi)

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

[edit] See also

cock and bull story

[edit] Etymology 2

From Middle English cok, of Scandinavian origin

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[edit] Noun

Singular
cock

Plural
cocks

cock (plural cocks)

A small pile

The farmhands stack the hay into cocks

[edit] Derived terms

hay-cock

[edit] Translations

small pile

Dutch: opper m.

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to cock

Third person singular
cocks

Simple past
cocked

Past participle
cocked

Present participle
cocking

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

(transitive) To form into piles.

[edit] Translations

to form into small piles

Dutch: opperen nl(nl)

[edit] Etymology 3

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

[edit] Noun

Singular
cock

Plural
cocks

cock (plural cocks)

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

cock

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[edit] Etymology 1

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[edit] Derived terms

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[edit] Etymology 2

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