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cock
  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.
  18. Synonyms:
  19. Examples:
    1. “This long-tailed cock was pale in color and beautiful in flight.”
      “A thick brownish liquid, filled with scale and rust, poured out of the radiator cock.”
      “With a cock of his head, Philippe sent Alain and Pierre out after them.”
cocky
cockshy
  1. A game in which trinkets are set upon sticks, to be thrown at by the players; -- so called from an ancient popular sport which consisted in shying or throwing cudgels at live cocks.
  2. An object at which stones are flung.
  3. Examples:
    1. “By way of providing a cockshy for the first meeting of the strategic planning group, the vision sketched out below has been prepared.”
      “On a day a Gipsy was playing at cockshy, and he threw a stick through the window of a great house and broke the glass.”
cocking
  1. (archaic) The hunting of gamecocks.
  2. (obsolete) Cockfighting.
cock
  1. Vulva, vagina. [since at least the 1920s; less common after the 1960s]
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “This long-tailed cock was pale in color and beautiful in flight.”
      “A thick brownish liquid, filled with scale and rust, poured out of the radiator cock.”
      “With a cock of his head, Philippe sent Alain and Pierre out after them.”
cockscrow
  1. The crowing of a cock.
cockiness
  1. The quality of being cocky
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The cockiness and latent volatility of his off-screen persona is sadly absent.”
      “A lot of it's just effrontery, sheer brazen nerve, and a sort of monstrous cockiness.”
      “The music was what counted but the cockiness, the combination of arrogance and provocation, the sheer effrontery was thrilling to witness.”
cockster
  1. (slang, rare) A cocky man.
  2. Examples:
    1. “I wasn't an experienced cockster by any means, but I did need to learn a lot more than I knew right now.”
cocksters
  1. plural of cockster
cockings
  1. plural of cocking
cockshies
  1. plural of cockshy
  2. Examples:
    1. “The gypsies hold a kind of informal fair on the village green with cockshies, swings, and all the clumsy games that extract money from clumsy hands.”
      “The senator set up a number of cockshies and knocked them down again.”
cockies
  1. plural of cocky
  2. Examples:
    1. “According to the official from the parks and wildlife agency it is mating and egg laying season for the cockies.”
      “We should spare a thought for the cow cockies who get up in the morning and work extremely hard to support their families.”
      “It will be a battle of the Reporoa cow cockies against the cray fisherman from the East Coast.”
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