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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cock1
▶noun
  • 1 a male bird, especially of a domestic fowl.

    ■ used in names of birds, especially game birds, e.g. snowcock.

    ■ Brit. a male lobster, crab, or salmon.

    ■ Brit. informal a friendly form of address among men.

  • 2 vulgar slang a man's penis.
  • 3 Brit. informal nonsense.
  • 4 a firing lever in a gun which can be raised to be released by the trigger.
  • 5 a stopcock.
▶verb
  • 1 tilt (something) in a particular direction.

    ■ bend or raise a (limb or joint) at an angle.

  • 2 raise the cock of (a gun) in order to make it ready for firing.
  • 3 (cock something up) Brit. informal spoil or ruin something.
– phrases
cock one's ear (of a dog) raise its ears to an erect position.
cock one's eye glance in a quizzical or knowing manner with a raised eyebrow.
cock of the walk someone who dominates others within a group.
– origin OE cocc, from med. L. coccus; reinforced in ME by OFr. coq.



Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cock2
▶noun dated a small pile of hay or other material, with vertical sides and a rounded top. ▶verb archaic pile (hay or other material) into a cock.
– origin ME: perh. of Scand. origin.



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