English Explanatory Dictionary

cock

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A male bird, especially:
  2. A rooster: a male gallinaceous bird, especially a male domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus).
  3. A cock pigeon.
  4. A valve or tap for controlling flow in plumbing.
  5. The hammer of a firearm trigger mechanism.
  6. A penis.
  7. The circle at the end of the rink.
  8. The state of being cocked; an upward turn, tilt or angle.
  9. A stupid, obnoxious or contemptible person.
  10. Nonsense; rubbish; a fraud.
  11. An apocryphal story supposedly describing a public event, once sold by street hawkers.
  12. A man; a fellow.
verb
  1. To lift the cock of a firearm or crossbow; to prepare (a gun or crossbow) to be fired.
  2. To be prepared to be triggered by having the cock lifted.
  3. To erect; to turn up.
  4. To copulate with; (by extension, as with fuck) to mess up, to damage, to destroy.
  5. To turn or twist something upwards or to one side; to lift or tilt (e.g. headwear) boastfully.
  6. To turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid, as an expression of derision or insinuation.
  7. To strut; to swagger; to look big, pert, or menacing.
  8. To make a nestle-cock of, to pamper or spoil (a child).
intj
  1. Expression of annoyance.
noun
  1. A small conical pile of hay or grass.
verb
  1. To form into piles.
noun
  1. Vulva, vagina.
noun
  1. Abbreviation of cock-boat, a type of small boat.
name
  1. A corruption of the word God, used in oaths.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/kɒk/ /kɑk/ en-uk-cock.ogg en-us-cock.ogg

Word forms

cock cocks cocking cocked

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *kukkaz Proto-West Germanic *kokk Old English cocc Middle English cok English cock From Middle English cok, from Old English coc, cocc (“cock, male bird”), from Proto-West Germanic *kokk, 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, from the same origin. The sense "penis" is attested since at least the 1610s, with the compound pillicock (“penis”) attested since 1325.

Synonyms

cockbird rooster penis cockfish buck rick stook shock

Related words

cockerel cawk cock and bull story

Derived words

acock a-cock-horse ballcock ball cock Banbury story of a cock and a bull Banbury story of a cock and bull beat the cock bibcock billy-cock black cock blackcock boycock by cock by cock and pie Chad Thundercock chaparral cock clipcock cockable cock-a-doodle-do cock-a-doodle-doo cockaholic cock-a-hoop cockale cock-a-leekie cockaludicrous cock and bull cock and bull story cock-and-bull story cock and hen cock-and-hen club cock-and-pinch cockbag cock-bawd cock-biting cockbiting cock block cockblock cockblocker cockbrain cockbrained cockbreath cockbulge cock cage cockchafer cock-cheese cock cheese cock-crow cockcrow cockcrowing cock-drunk cock egg cocker cockerel cocker spaniel cock eye cockeye cock-eye cockeyed cock-eyed cockface

Translations

Afrikaans: mannetjie Old Armenian: վարուժան Azerbaijani: xoruz Basque: ar Bulgarian: мъ́жка пти́ца Catalan: mascle Catalan: colom Chechen: боргӏал Czech: kohout Czech: kokot Danish: kok Danish: han Danish: fasankok Danish: duerik Dutch: mannetje Dutch: doffer Dutch: kip zonder kop Erzya: атякш Esperanto: maskla birdo Esperanto: virseksa birdo Esperanto: virkolombo Esperanto: kolombiĉo Estonian: isaslind Faroese: steggi Finnish: koiras French: mâle French: gland French: con French: conne French: débile French: bouffon French: bouffonne French: triso French: abruti French: abrutie French: imbécile German: Männchen German: Tauber German: Täuber German: Tauberich German: Täuberich German: Taubenmännchen Greek: αρσενικός φασιανός Hungarian: kakas Hungarian: hülye Hungarian: idióta Hungarian: buta Hungarian: ostoba Hungarian: tökkelütött Hungarian: együgyű Hungarian: barom Hungarian: üresfejű Hungarian: tökfej Hungarian: bolond Icelandic: karlfugl Ido: hano Ido: hanulo Ido: kolombulo Indonesian: burung jantan Indonesian: jago Ingush: боргӏал Irish: coileach Italian: maschio Italian: uccello Italian: cazzone Japanese: 雄の鳥 Northern Kurdish: dîk Latin: gallus Latvian: gailis Malayalam: പൂവൻ Maltese: għasfur Māori: pīkaokao Māori: tīkaokao Ojibwe: naabese Oromo: kormaa Polish: kogut Portuguese: ave-macho Portuguese: pombo Portuguese: otário Romanian: bărbătuș Scottish Gaelic: coileach Serbo-Croatian: мужјак Serbo-Croatian: mužjak Spanish: ave macho
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