cock
cock is a 4-letter English word with 30 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The male of birds, particularly of gallinaceous or domestic fowls. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. The male of birds, particularly of gallinaceous or domestic fowls.
- noun. A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock.
- noun. A chief man; a leader or master.
- noun. The crow of a cock, esp. the first crow in the morning; cockcrow.
- noun. A faucet or valve.
- noun. The style of gnomon of a dial.
- noun. The indicator of a balance.
- noun. The bridge piece which affords a bearing for the pivot of a balance in a clock or watch.
- transitive verb. To set erect; to turn up.
- transitive verb. To shape, as a hat, by turning up the brim.
- transitive verb. To set on one side in a pert or jaunty manner.
- transitive verb. To turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid, as an expression of derision or insinuation.
- intransitive verb. To strut; to swagger; to look big, pert, or menacing.
- noun. The act of cocking; also, the turn so given; as, a cock of the eyes; to give a hat a saucy cock.
- noun. The notch of an arrow or crossbow.
- noun. The hammer in the lock of a firearm.
- transitive verb. To draw the hammer of (a firearm) fully back and set it for firing.
- intransitive verb. To draw back the hammer of a firearm, and set it for firing.
- noun. A small concial pile of hay.
- transitive verb. To put into cocks or heaps, as hay.
- noun. A small boat.
- noun. A corruption or disguise of the word God, used in oaths.
- noun. adult male bird
- noun. adult male chicken
- noun. the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled
- noun. faucet consisting of a rotating device for regulating flow of a liquid
- noun. obscene terms for penis
- verb. set the trigger of a firearm back for firing
- verb. tilt or slant to one side
"cock one's head"
- verb. to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
"He struts around like a rooster in a hen house"
Synonyms
rooster, hammer, stopcock, turncock, dick, pecker, peter, prick, putz, shaft, tool, prance, ruffle, sashay, strut, swagger, tittup
Common word forms
cocks, cockal, cocked, cocker, cockly, cocking
Words from these letters
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