Cock
noun
A male chicken.
The cock crowed as the sun rose.
Often appears as...
- cock crow
- game cock
noun
A device for controlling the flow of liquid in a pipe.
He forgot to turn off the cock, and water overflowed from the tank.
Often appears as...
- water cock
- steam cock
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To tilt to one side.
He cocked his head to listen more carefully.
Often appears as...
- cock one's head
- cock an eye
noun
A lever or handle used to operate or control a machine or mechanism.
She pulled back the cock of her rifle and prepared to shoot.
Often appears as...
- cock the hammer
- cock of a gun
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A term used to describe a male adult human's reproductive organ.
Usage tips
Vulgar, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A male chicken.
The cock crowed as the sun rose.
Often appears as...
- cock crow
- game cock
noun
A device for controlling the flow of liquid in a pipe.
He forgot to turn off the cock, and water overflowed from the tank.
Often appears as...
- water cock
- steam cock
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To tilt to one side.
He cocked his head to listen more carefully.
Often appears as...
- cock one's head
- cock an eye
noun
A lever or handle used to operate or control a machine or mechanism.
She pulled back the cock of her rifle and prepared to shoot.
Often appears as...
- cock the hammer
- cock of a gun
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A term used to describe a male adult human's reproductive organ.
Usage tips
Vulgar, Disapproving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Animal Reference
Refers to a male chicken, often found on farms.
The farm had several cocks and hens.
Pro Tip 2/2Morning Sound
Associated with the sound to signal sunrise or morning.
We woke up to the cock's crow.
Pro Tip 1/2Animal Reference
Refers to a male chicken, often found on farms.
The farm had several cocks and hens.
Pro Tip 2/2Morning Sound
Associated with the sound to signal sunrise or morning.
We woke up to the cock's crow.
Pro Tip 1/2Animal Reference
Refers to a male chicken, often found on farms.
The farm had several cocks and hens.
Pro Tip 2/2Morning Sound
Associated with the sound to signal sunrise or morning.
We woke up to the cock's crow.
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Safari Live - Day 12 PIPE...
watch how it's just strips the leaves of these small branches there we go strips them and shoves them in now I know this is conch remember who it was but somebody was asking the other day why we can't see the elephant's teeth this might be the prime opportunity to see them this upper one the way it's got its head cocked up we might be able to
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See Elephants at Their...
break that all down is pretty amazing but you see how it's just positioned neck is cocked in so that as soon as a fish comes anywhere near and its eyes are able to detect the movement it can strike out using that long there we go hold on it looks like it might go again let's have a look now you see how it's
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Safari Live - Day 364 PIPE...
so if you look good I can just see the back of an Impala just to the right of where he is say he's then you can see his attitude he's got his head down and his ears kind of cocked not to the front or right of him it's gonna be very tricky to see it but you see there's
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The Future of News?...
he cocked his gun before he went to give chase to Martin. So you can see that the basic tenets of journalism, they don't really change here, right? We're still following the same principles that we would always. What is different is the sense of being on scene,
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Unraveling a Mapmaker’s...
weapons once both of them cocked their weapons i knew they meant business this is brigadier abdul rahman bilal a retired pakistani army officer his son helped him set up a skype call with me from his home in rawalpindi where i could hear small children in the
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Vicious Piranha Moments...
okay time for me to get to grips with one carefully slightly and get the other hand behind the gills picking up piranhas is like handling a cocked and loaded gun with a hair trigger let's have a look at the teeth we can see just how powerful those jaws are
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The art of the metaphor...
They're also precise. We don't really stop to think about a raindrop the size of an actual cat or dog, but as soon as I do, I realize that I'm quite certain the dog has to be a small one -- a cocker spaniel, or a dachshund --
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Holding a Red Bellied...
Time for me to get to grips with one. Carefully. Picking up piranhas is like handling a cocked and loaded gun, with a hair-trigger. Let's have a look at the teeth. We can see just how powerful those jaws are.
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Pistol Shrimp Superheats...
knockout blow from a distance by using its claw as a sonic weapon first its claw is cocked like a pistol then fired
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Safari Live - Day 166 PIPE...
you can see other's ears are always cocked always listening I am brain yes Marceline both male/female lipids for
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Safari Live - Day 12 PIPE...
watch how it's just strips the leaves of these small branches there we go strips them and shoves them in now I know this is conch remember who it was but somebody was asking the other day why we can't see the elephant's teeth this might be the prime opportunity to see them this upper one the way it's got its head cocked up we might be able to
Video examples
See Elephants at Their...
break that all down is pretty amazing but you see how it's just positioned neck is cocked in so that as soon as a fish comes anywhere near and its eyes are able to detect the movement it can strike out using that long there we go hold on it looks like it might go again let's have a look now you see how it's
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 364 PIPE...
so if you look good I can just see the back of an Impala just to the right of where he is say he's then you can see his attitude he's got his head down and his ears kind of cocked not to the front or right of him it's gonna be very tricky to see it but you see there's
Video examples
The Future of News?...
he cocked his gun before he went to give chase to Martin. So you can see that the basic tenets of journalism, they don't really change here, right? We're still following the same principles that we would always. What is different is the sense of being on scene,
Video examples
Unraveling a Mapmaker’s...
weapons once both of them cocked their weapons i knew they meant business this is brigadier abdul rahman bilal a retired pakistani army officer his son helped him set up a skype call with me from his home in rawalpindi where i could hear small children in the
Video examples
Vicious Piranha Moments...
okay time for me to get to grips with one carefully slightly and get the other hand behind the gills picking up piranhas is like handling a cocked and loaded gun with a hair trigger let's have a look at the teeth we can see just how powerful those jaws are
Video examples
The art of the metaphor...
They're also precise. We don't really stop to think about a raindrop the size of an actual cat or dog, but as soon as I do, I realize that I'm quite certain the dog has to be a small one -- a cocker spaniel, or a dachshund --
Video examples
Holding a Red Bellied...
Time for me to get to grips with one. Carefully. Picking up piranhas is like handling a cocked and loaded gun, with a hair-trigger. Let's have a look at the teeth. We can see just how powerful those jaws are.
Video examples
Pistol Shrimp Superheats...
knockout blow from a distance by using its claw as a sonic weapon first its claw is cocked like a pistol then fired
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 166 PIPE...
you can see other's ears are always cocked always listening I am brain yes Marceline both male/female lipids for
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Quote examples
Alex Horne
British Comedian
If somebody does a task really badly, then that's better for us than if they do it really well. We always tell people when they get back to the green room after doing a task that they've cocked up, 'You've actually really won that task, because people remember them more than the geniuses.' No one likes the clever people.
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Jeremy Bulloch
British Actor
I always believe that most people could do it. I mean obviously I didn't just sit and stand. I used to love cradling the gun and just posing with the hand cocked ready to fire the gun, and the costume helped a great deal.
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Mike Epps
American Comedian
With Ice Cube they ain't no telling. He might have one cocked and loaded, ready to bust. We might do The Sunday, two old men sitting around the house waiting on the social security check.
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Lee Ranaldo
American Musician
What Nirvana's success means is that certain radio stations now have their ear more cocked to bands like us; they're more open to playing more stuff.
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George Santayana
Spanish Philosopher
To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is a deep delight of the blood.
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Margaret Thatcher
English Leader
It may be the cock that crows, but it is the hen that lays the eggs.
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George Eliot
British Author
He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.
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Aeschylus
Greek Poet
Be bold and boast, just like the cock beside the hen.
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Navjot Singh Sidhu
Indian Entertainer
Even a cock crows over his own dunghill.
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Frank Sinatra
American Singer
Cock your hat - angles are attitudes.
Quote examples
Alex Horne
British Comedian
If somebody does a task really badly, then that's better for us than if they do it really well. We always tell people when they get back to the green room after doing a task that they've cocked up, 'You've actually really won that task, because people remember them more than the geniuses.' No one likes the clever people.
Quote examples
Jeremy Bulloch
British Actor
I always believe that most people could do it. I mean obviously I didn't just sit and stand. I used to love cradling the gun and just posing with the hand cocked ready to fire the gun, and the costume helped a great deal.
Quote examples
Mike Epps
American Comedian
With Ice Cube they ain't no telling. He might have one cocked and loaded, ready to bust. We might do The Sunday, two old men sitting around the house waiting on the social security check.
Quote examples
Lee Ranaldo
American Musician
What Nirvana's success means is that certain radio stations now have their ear more cocked to bands like us; they're more open to playing more stuff.
Quote examples
George Santayana
Spanish Philosopher
To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is a deep delight of the blood.
Quote examples
Margaret Thatcher
English Leader
It may be the cock that crows, but it is the hen that lays the eggs.
Quote examples
George Eliot
British Author
He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.
Quote examples
Aeschylus
Greek Poet
Be bold and boast, just like the cock beside the hen.
Quote examples
Navjot Singh Sidhu
Indian Entertainer
Even a cock crows over his own dunghill.
Quote examples
Frank Sinatra
American Singer
Cock your hat - angles are attitudes.
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