adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a cocky 15-year-old boy
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a cocky young lieutenant
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My brother can be a little bit cocky sometimes.
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She didn't come off well in the interview - she was a bit too cocky , a bit too sure of herself.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A cocky , selfish veteran who loves nothing but his AK-47, Sacha is at home in the cynical ambience of combat.
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Another self portrait of a cocky young man.
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But Tranmere, cocky even before the equaliser, played with skill and tenacity.
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By this point I had become a cocky pilot on dry asphalt, but snow and ice were something else.
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Not cocky enough not to watch my speed, though, nor to keep looking in the rearview mirror.
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Oh, he got cocky and only applied to about five schools.
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The general seemed altogether too cocky .