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COCKED definition: 1. with one side higher than the other; not straight: 2. with one side higher than the other; not…. Learn more.
noun (1) ˈkäk. Synonyms of cock. 1. a. : the adult male of the domestic chicken (Gallus gallus) : rooster. b. : the male of birds other than the domestic chicken. c.
Definition of cock verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
But gerrymandering has cold cocked the pendulum weight, stopped it dead. From The Daily Beast A cop pulled him over; the rookie had his gun cocked; the gun went off.
1 cock something to raise a part of your body so that it is vertical or at an angle The dog cocked its leg by every tree on our route (= in order to urinate). He cocked an inquisitive eyebrow at her. She cocked her head to one side and looked at me. The dog stood listening, its ears cocked.
The earliest known use of the adjective cocked is in the late 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for cocked is from 1579, in the writing of Edmund Spenser, poet and administrator in Ireland. cocked is formed within English, by derivation.
tr.v. cocked, cock·ing, cocks. 1. To set the hammer of (a firearm) in a position ready for firing. 2. To set (a device, such as a camera shutter) in a position ready for use. 3. To tilt or turn up or to one side, usually in a jaunty or alert manner: cocked an eyebrow in response to a silly question. 4.
