cocky

Speech parts

1. cocky - Noun

2. cocky - Adjective

3. cocky - Verb

4. cocky - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Pert.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

pert cockatoo birdie forward entitled proud bold confident vain rude arrogant pretentious precocious pompous overbearing
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Antonyms

coy uncertain modest awkward embarrassed tentative
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Phrases with the word

cocky as the king of spades as cocky as the king of spades

Derivatives

cockier cockiest

Examples

Discussion in class, which means letting twenty young blockheads and two cocky neurotics discuss something that neither their teacher nor they know. Vladimir Nabokov

I am cocky in prediction, I am confident in preparation but I am always humble in victory or defeat. Conor McGregor

Walk a single path, becoming neither cocky with victory nor broken with defeat, without forgetting caution when all is quiet or becoming frightened when danger threatens. Jigoro Kano

I keep telling myself, don't get cocky. Give your services to the press and the media, be nice to the kids, throw a baseball into the stands once in a while. Vida Blue

My defenses were so great. The cocky rock and roll hero who knows all the answers was actually a terrified guy who didn't know how to cry. Simple. John Lennon

An arrogant bug is a cocky roach. Colonial Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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