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Definition cock

Etymology 1

From Middle English cok, from Old English coc, cocc (“cock, male bird”), from Proto-Germanic *kukkaz (“cock”), probably of onomatopoeic origin. Cognate with Middle Dutch cocke (“cock, male bird”) and Old Norse kokkr ("cock"; whence Danish kok (“cock”), dialectal Swedish kokk (“cock”)). Reinforced by Old French coc, also of imitative origin. The sense "penis" is attested since at least the 1610s, with the compound pillicock (“penis”) attested since 1325.

Noun

cock (plural cocks)

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 valve or tap for controlling flow in plumbing.
3. The hammer of a firearm trigger mechanism.
4. The notch of an arrow or crossbow.
5. (colloquial, 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. (Britain, New Zealand, derogatory, slang) 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. (dated, 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.

Verb

cock (third-person singular simple present cocks, present participle cocking, simple past and past participle cocked)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To lift the cock of a firearm or crossbow; to prepare (a gun or crossbow) to be fired.
2. (intransitive) To be prepared to be triggered by having the cock lifted.
3. (transitive) To erect; to turn up.
4. (Britain, transitive, slang) To copulate with.
5. (transitive) To turn or twist something upwards or to one side; to lift or tilt (e.g. headwear) boastfully.
6. (intransitive, dated) To turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid, as an expression of derision or insinuation.
7. (intransitive, dated) To strut; to swagger; to look big, pert, or menacing.
8. (transitive, obsolete) To make a nestle-cock of, to pamper or spoil (of children)

Interjection

cock

1. (slang) Expression of annoyance.

Etymology 2

Uncertain. Some authors speculate it derives from cockle, a yonic fertility symbol, others suggested it entered Southern US vernacular during the period of French rule (of Louisiana) from Cajun French coquille (“shell”) (itself the source of cockle), which in 18th and 19th century slang meant the vulva.

Noun

cock (plural cocks)

1. (dated in the Southern US, still sometimes found in African American Vernacular) Vulva, vagina. [since at least the 1920s; less common after the 1960s]

Etymology 3

From Middle English cokke, cock, cok, from Old English -cocc (attested in place names), from Old Norse k?kkr (“lump”), from Proto-Germanic *kukkaz (“bulge, swelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *geugh- (“swelling”). Cognate with Norwegian kok (“heap, lump”), Swedish koka (“a lump of earth”), German Kocke (“heap of hay, dunghill”), Middle Low German kogge (“wide, rounded ship”), Dutch kogel (“ball”), German Kugel (“ball, globe”).

Noun

cock (plural cocks)

1. A small conical pile of hay.

Verb

cock (third-person singular simple present cocks, present participle cocking, simple past and past participle cocked)

1. (transitive) To form into piles.

Etymology 4

from Middle English cok, from Old French coque (“a type of small boat”), from child-talk coco 'egg'

Noun

cock (plural cocks)

1. Short for cock-boat, a type of small boat.

Etymology 5

Proper noun

cock

1. (obsolete) A corruption of the word God, used in oaths.

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