cock 1
— cocklike , adj.
/kok/ , n.
1. a male chicken; rooster.
2. the male of any bird, esp. of the gallinaceous kind.
3. Also called stopcock . a hand-operated valve or faucet, esp. one opened or closed by rotating a cylindrical or tapered plug having part of the passage pierced through it from side to side.
4. (in a firearm)
a. the part of the lock that, by its fall or action, causes the discharge; hammer. See diag. under flintlock .
b. the position into which the cock, or hammer, is brought by being drawn partly or completely back, preparatory to firing.
5. Slang ( vulgar ).
a. penis.
b. sexual relations with a man.
6. a weathercock.
7. aleader; chief person.
8. Chiefly Brit. Informal. pal; chum.
9. Brit. Slang. nonsense.
10. Horol. a bracketlike plate holding bearings, supported at one end only. Cf. bridge 1 (def. 17).
11. Archaic. the time of the crowing of the cock; early in the morning; cockcrow.
v.t.
12. to pull back and set the cock, or hammer, of (a firearm) preparatory to firing.
13. to draw back in preparation for throwing or hitting: He cocked his bat and waited for the pitch.
14. to set (a camera shutter or other mechanism) for tripping. Cf. trip 1 (def. 29).
v.i.
15. to cock the firing mechanism of a firearm.
[ bef. 900; ME cock, OE cocc; c. ON kokkr; orig. imit. ]
cock 2
/kok/ , v.t.
1. to set or turn up or to one side, often in an assertive, jaunty, or significant manner: He cocked his eyebrow questioningly.
v.i.
2. to stand or stick up conspicuously.
3. Scot. and New England. to strut; swagger; put on airs of importance.
4. cock a snook . See snook 2 (def. 2).
n.
5. the act of turning the head, a hat, etc., up or to one side in a jaunty or significant way.
6. the position of anything thus placed.
[ 1705-15; prob. special use of COCK 1 ]
cock 3
/kok/ , n. Chiefly Northern and North Midland U.S.
1. a conical pile of hay, dung, etc.
v.t.
2. to pile (hay, dung, etc.) in cocks.
[ 1350-1400; ME; c. dial. G Kocke heap of hay or dung, Norw kok heap, lump; akin to ON kokkr lump ]