Cock

English Meaning

The male of birds, particularly of gallinaceous or domestic fowls.

1. An adult male chicken; a rooster.
2. An adult male of various other birds.
3. A weathervane shaped like a rooster; a weathercock.
4. A leader or chief.
5. A faucet or valve by which the flow of a liquid or gas can be regulated.
6. The hammer of a firearm.
7. The position of the hammer of a firearm when ready for firing.
8. A tilting or jaunty turn upward: the cock of a hat.
9. Vulgar Slang The penis.
10. Archaic The characteristic cry of a rooster early in the morning.
11. To set the hammer of (a firearm) in a position ready for firing.
12. To set (a device, such as a camera shutter) in a position ready for use.
13. 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.
14. To raise in preparation to throw or hit: cocked the bat before swinging at the pitch.
15. To set the hammer of a firearm in a position ready for firing.
16. To turn or stick up.
17. To strut; swagger.
18. snoot Slang To express scorn or derision by or as if by placing the thumb on the nose and wiggling the fingers; thumb one's nose: "[He] could cock a snoot at the rest of the . . . world and blithely go his own way” ( Elie Kedourie).
19. cock of the walk An overbearing or domineering person.
20. A cone-shaped pile of straw or hay.
21. To arrange (straw or hay) into piles shaped like cones.