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What does cock mean?

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Noun
  1. A male bird, especially:
    1. A rooster: a male gallinaceous bird, especially a male domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus).
    2. A single word (in context) for a cock pigeon (male pigeon).
  2. A single word (in context) for a cock pigeon (male pigeon).
  3. The hammer of a firearm trigger mechanism.
  4. The notch of an arrow or crossbow.
  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. (pejorative) A stupid person.
  9. (informal, Britain, Tasmania) Term of address.
  10. A boastful tilt of one's head or hat.
  11. (informal) shuttlecock
  12. A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock.
  13. (humorous) A chief man; a leader or master.
  14. The crow of a cock, especially the first crow in the morning; cockcrow.
  15. The style or gnomon of a sundial.
  16. The indicator of a balance.
  17. The bridge piece that affords a bearing for the pivot of a balance in a clock or watch.
Verb
  1. (transitive) To lift the cock of a firearm or crossbow; to prepare (a gun or crossbow) to be fired.
  2. (intransitive) To be prepared to be triggered by having the cock lifted.
  3. (transitive) To erect; to turn up.
  4. (Britain, transitive, slang) To copulate with.
  5. (transitive) To turn or twist something upwards or to one side; to lift or tilt (e.g. headwear) boastfully.
  6. (intransitive, dated) To turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid, as an expression of derision or insinuation.
  7. (intransitive, dated) To strut; to swagger; to look big, pert, or menacing.
  8. (transitive, obsolete) To make a nestle-cock of, to pamper or spoil (of children)
Interjection
  1. (slang) Expression of annoyance.
Noun
  1. Vulva, vagina. [since at least the 1920s; less common after the 1960s]
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