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- Dictionarycock/käk/
noun
- 1. a male bird, especially a rooster. British
- 2. a penis. vulgar slang
verb
- 1. tilt (something) in a particular direction: "she cocked her head slightly to one side" Similar
- 2. raise the cock of (a gun) in order to make it ready for firing: "he took the loaded pistol from his belt and cocked it"
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The meaning of COCK is the adult male of the domestic chicken (Gallus gallus) : rooster. How to use cock in a sentence.
COCK definition: 1. an adult male chicken: 2. used with the name of a bird to refer to the adult male of that type…. Learn more.
noun. a male chicken; rooster. the male of any bird, especially a gallinaceous bird. Also called stopcock. a hand-operated valve or faucet, especially one opened or closed by rotating a cylindrical or tapered plug having part of the passage pierced through it from side to side. (in a firearm)
1.countable noun. A cock is an adult male chicken. [mainly British] The cock was announcing the start of a new day. regional note: in AM, use rooster. 2.countable noun [oft NOUN noun] You refer to a male bird, especially a male game bird, as a cock when you want to distinguish it from a female bird. [mainly British] ...a cock pheasant.
Cock is most often used to refer to either birds or guns. A cock is a rooster, but it's also the hammer on a gun that you adjust so you can fire it.
n. 1. a. An adult male chicken; a rooster. b. An adult male of various other birds. 2. A weathervane shaped like a rooster; a weathercock. 3. A faucet or valve by which the flow of a liquid or gas can be regulated. 4. a. The hammer of a firearm. b. The position of the hammer of a firearm when ready for firing. 5.
Origin of Cock. From Middle English cock, cok, from Old English -cocc (attested in place names), from Old Norse kǫkkr (“lump”), from Proto-Germanic *kukkaz (“bulge, swelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *geugh- (“swelling”).
