"Cock" Definition

Definitions for the word "Cock" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
1 male bird, esp. Of the domestic fowl. 2 slang (as a form of address) friend; fellow. 3 coarse slang penis. 4 slang nonsense. 5 a firing lever in a gun, raised to be released by the trigger. B cocked position of this. 6 tap or valve controlling flow. v. 1 raise or make upright or erect. 2 turn or move (the eye or ear) attentively or knowingly.
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
2. n.
Conical heap of hay or straw. [perhaps from scandinavian]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
3. slang
a familiar term of address; “jolly old COCK,” a jovial fellow, “how are you, old COCK?” Frequently rendered nowadays, COCK-E-E, a vulgar street salutation—probably a corruption of COCK-EYE. The latter is frequently heard as a shout or street cry after a man or boy.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
4. slang
a smoking term; “COCKING a Broseley,” _i.e._, smoking a pipe. Broseley in Shropshire is famous for “churchwardens.” A “COCK” is an apocryphal story, generally, of a murder or elopement bawled about the streets by the Seven Dials’ “patterers.”
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
5. slang
a pugilistic term for a man who is knocked out of time. “Knocked him a reg’lar COCK.” Sometimes used to signify knocked out of shape, as, “Knocked him A-COCK,” probably connected with “cocked-hat shape.” A horse who has been backed by the public, but who does not run, or, running, does not persevere.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
6. slang
“to COCK your eye,” to shut or wink one eye, to make “sheep’s-eyes.”
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864

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