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, adjectiveWords nearby cock
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