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cock

UK/kɒk/ US/kɑk/ common informal slang uk
verb (3) noun (5)

verb

1.

tilt or slant to one side

  • “cock one”
2.

set the trigger of a firearm back for firing

3.

to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others

  • “He struts around like a rooster in a hen house”
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noun

1.
2.

faucet consisting of a rotating device for regulating flow of a liquid

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3.

the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled

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Origin

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.

Phrases

  • ball cock
  • Banbury story of a cock and a bull
  • Banbury story of a cock and bull
  • beat the cock
  • black cock
  • by cock
  • by cock and pie
  • Chad Thundercock
  • cock a deaf 'un
  • cock a snook
  • cock it over
  • cock off

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