cock

1
[ kok ]
/ kɒk /

noun

verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

to cock the firing mechanism of a firearm.

Origin of cock

1
before 900; Middle English cock, Old English cocc; cognate with Old Norse kokkr; orig. imitative

OTHER WORDS FROM cock

cock·like, adjective

Definition for cock (2 of 3)

cock 2
[ kok ]
/ kɒk /

verb (used with object)

to set or turn up or to one side, often in an assertive, jaunty, or significant manner: He cocked his eyebrow questioningly.

verb (used without object)

to stand or stick up conspicuously.
Scot. and New England. to strut; swagger; put on airs of importance.

noun

the act of turning the head, a hat, etc., up or to one side in a jaunty or significant way.
the position of anything thus placed.

Origin of cock

2
First recorded in 1705–15; probably special use of cock1

Definition for cock (3 of 3)

cock 3
[ kok ]
/ kɒk /

noun Chiefly Northern and North Midland U.S.

a conical pile of hay, dung, etc.

verb (used with object)

to pile (hay, dung, etc.) in cocks.

Origin of cock

3
1350–1400; Middle English; cognate with dialectal German Kocke heap of hay or dung, Norwegian kok heap, lump; akin to Old Norse kǫkkr lump

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British Dictionary definitions for cock (1 of 2)

cock 1
/ (kɒk) /

noun

verb

See also cockup

Word Origin for cock

Old English cocc (referring to the male fowl; the development of C15 sense spout, tap, and other transferred senses is not clear), ultimately of imitative origin; related to Old Norse kokkr, French coq, Late Latin coccus

British Dictionary definitions for cock (2 of 2)

cock 2
/ (kɒk) /

noun

a small, cone-shaped heap of hay, straw, etc

verb

(tr) to stack (hay, straw, etc) in such heaps

Word Origin for cock

C14 (in Old English, cocc is attested in place names): perhaps of Scandinavian origin; compare Norwegian kok, Danish dialect kok