n.
Pronunciation: ' käk-n ē
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural cockneys
Etymology: Middle English cokeney, literally, cocks' egg, from coken (gen. plural of cok cock) + ey egg, from Old English ǣ g
Date: 14th century
1 obsolete a : a spoiled child b : a squeamish woman
2 often capitalized a : a native of London and especially of the East End of London b : the dialect of London or of the East End of London
– cockney adjective
– cock · ney · fy \ ' käk-ni- ˌ f ī \ transitive verb
– cock · ney · ish \ -n ē -ish \ adjective
– cock · ney · ism \ - ˌ i-z ə m \ noun