cock
Speech parts
1. cock - Noun
2. cock - Verb
3. cock - Interjection
4. Cock - Proper noun
Meaning
The male of birds, particularly of gallinaceous or domestic fowls.
A chief man; a leader or master.
The crow of a cock, esp. the first crow in the morning; cockcrow.
A faucet or valve.
The style of gnomon of a dial.
The bridge piece which affords a bearing for the pivot of a balance in a clock or watch.
To set erect; to turn up.
To shape, as a hat, by turning up the brim.
To set on one side in a pert or jaunty manner.
To turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid, as an expression of derision or insinuation.
To strut; to swagger; to look big, pert, or menacing.
The act of cocking; also, the turn so given; as, a cock of the eyes; to give a hat a saucy cock.
The notch of an arrow or crossbow.
The hammer in the lock of a firearm.
To draw the hammer of (a firearm) fully back and set it for firing.
To draw back the hammer of a firearm, and set it for firing.
A small concial pile of hay.
To put into cocks or heaps, as hay.
A small boat.
A corruption or disguise of the word God, used in oaths.
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It may be the cock that crows, but it is the hen that lays the eggs.
Cock your hat - angles are attitudes.
She understood how much louder a cock can crow in his own farmyard than elsewhere . . .
The cock goes to town for only four days and returns home a peacock.
There is little peace in that house where the hen crows and the cock is mute.
A sparrow in the hand is better than a cock on the roof.