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Cock

noun

1.

Obscene terms for penis. Synonyms: dick, pecker, peter, prick, putz, shaft, tool.

2.

Faucet consisting of a rotating device for regulating flow of a liquid. Synonyms: stopcock, turncock.

3.

The part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled. Synonym: hammer.

4.

Adult male chicken. Synonym: rooster.

5.

Adult male bird.

verb

(past & past part. cocked; pres. part. cocking)

1.

Tilt or slant to one side.

2.

Set the trigger of a firearm back for firing.

3.

To walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others. Synonyms: prance, ruffle, sashay, strut, swagger, tittup.

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"Cock" Quotes from Famous Books

... wager of mine with my wife, that there would be no acting there today, there being no company: so I went in and found a pretty good company there, and saw their dance at the end of he play, and so to the coach again, and to the Cock ale house, and there drank in our coach, and so home, and my wife read to me as last night, and so to bed vexed with our dinner to-day, and myself more with being convinced that Mrs. Pierce paints, so that henceforth to be ...

— Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete • Samuel Pepys

... so calm, that Larry was quite cock-a-hoop, thinking that he had become a perfect seaman. "I have heard tell, Maisther Terence, that the say runs mountains high, for all the world like the hills of Connemara, but I'm after thinking that these are all landsmen's notions. We have ...

— Paddy Finn • W. H. G. Kingston

... surer than any cock," said the King. "It was settled long ago. I do not understand Real Politik, but I know that much. The Emperor wins the war. Then he says to me: 'Konrad, you married her. Good. You are in a fortress for life.' And I am. You do not ...

— The Island Mystery • George A. Birmingham

... count of years Dingwell might be in the early forties. Many little wrinkles radiated fanlike from the corners of his eyes. But whatever his age time had not tamed him. In the cock of those same steel-blue eyes was something jaunty, something almost debonair, that carried one back to a youth of care-free rioting in a land of sunshine. Not that Mr. Dingwell was given to futile dissipations. He had the reputation of a responsible ranchman. But it is not to be denied ...

— The Sheriff's Son • William MacLeod Raine

... "Cock-a-doodle-do! Ain't it nice to have a sweet temper," loudly remarked Andrew, as he stood aside. "He just is a purple plum. He's the kind of old cove I'd like to get real narked and then scoot. Wouldn't he splutter and think himself Lord ...

— Some Everyday Folk and Dawn • Miles Franklin

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