cock

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[edit] Etymology

Old English cocc, reinforced by Old (and modern) French coq.

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Singular
cock

Plural
cocks

cock (plural cocks)

  1. A male bird, especially a domestic fowl.
  2. Male chicken.
  3. A valve or tap for controlling flow in plumbing.
  4. The hammer of a firearm.
  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. (UK, pejorative, slang) A stupid person.
  9. (UK, informal) An informal term of address.
    All right, cock

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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)

  1. (transitive) To lift the cock of a firearm; to prepare (a gun) to be fired.
  2. (transitive) To turn or twist something upwards or to one side.
  3. (UK, transitive, slang) To copulate with.

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