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The Meaning of cock

  • (n.) The male of birds, particularly of gallinaceous or domestic fowls.
  • (n.) A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock.
  • (n.) A chief man; a leader or master.
  • (n.) The crow of a cock, esp. the first crow in the morning; cockcrow.
  • (n.) A faucet or valve.
  • (n.) The style of gnomon of a dial.
  • (n.) The indicator of a balance.
  • (n.) The bridge piece which affords a bearing for the pivot of a balance in a clock or watch.
  • (v. t.) To set erect; to turn up.
  • (v. t.) To shape, as a hat, by turning up the brim.
  • (v. t.) To set on one side in a pert or jaunty manner.
  • (v. t.) To turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid, as an expression of derision or insinuation.
  • (v. i.) To strut; to swagger; to look big, pert, or menacing.
  • (n.) The act of cocking; also, the turn so given; as, a cock of the eyes; to give a hat a saucy cock.
  • (n.) The notch of an arrow or crossbow.
  • (n.) The hammer in the lock of a firearm.
  • (v. t.) To draw the hammer of (a firearm) fully back and set it for firing.
  • (v. i.) To draw back the hammer of a firearm, and set it for firing.
  • (n.) A small concial pile of hay.
  • (v. t.) To put into cocks or heaps, as hay.
  • (n.) A small boat.
  • (n.) A corruption or disguise of the word God, used in oaths.

Synonyms

beam , pricking , shaft , peter , pecker , dig , turncock , light beam , puppet , gumshoe , mother fucker , incision , neb , cocksucker , dickhead , rotating shaft , quill , shaft of light , slit , dick , barb , ray of light , prick , shit , beak , bastard , hawkshaw , scape , slam , son of a bitch , instrument , diaphysis , bill , scratch , calamus , tool , lance , peckerwood , stopcock , asshole , spear , rooster , gibe , hammer , beam of light , creature , putz , jibe , irradiation , motherfucker , woodpecker , whoreson , dent , nib , ray , shot , pounding , power hammer , pound , mallet , hammering , malleus , sashay , ruffle , strut , swagger , tittup , prance , ripple , ruffle up , swash , riffle , pleat , mix , shuffle , sidle , fluff , chasse , bluster , mess up , browbeat , bully , cockle , flick , rumple , undulate , cant , cant over , tilt , slant , pitch

Homophones

caulk , kock , kok

Rhymes

ad-hoc , adcock , aftershock , airlock , alcock , antiknock , antilock , antioch , baack , bach , balk , ballcock , bangkok , barach , baulk , bedrock , bloc , bloch , block , blok , boardwalk , boch , bock , bohlke , bok , broc , brock , calk , catwalk , caulk , chalk , chock , chok , clock , cloque , comstock , cornstalk , croc , crock , crosstalk , crosswalk , deadlock , doc , dock , eisenach , elcock , electroshock , erlach , estok , falk , falke , faulk , feedstock , flintlock , floc , flock , frock , fyock , gamecock , gawk , glock , gocke , gohlke , goshawk , gridlock , groch , haack , haacke , haak , hammerlock , hamrock , hancock , hassebrock , hauck , hauk , hauke , havelock , hawk , hawke , haycock , hemlock , hitchcock , hoc , hoch , hock , hollyhock , interlock , iraq , jacques , jaywalk , jock , kilmarnock , kloc , klock , klocke , knaack , knaak , knock , kock , kok , kroc , krock , krok , kwok , laack , laake , landlock , lauck , laughingstock , laycock , leacock , livestock , loch , lock , locke , maack , mach , madlock , manioc , maroc , matchlock , mauck , mauk , maycock , moch , mock , mohawk , mok , nighthawk , nock , norwalk , oarlock , och , overstock , padlock , pathak , peacock , ploch , plock , poch , pock , poppycock , reichenbach , restock , roadblock , roc , roch , rock , rocke , rocque , salk , sauk , schaack , schalk , schlock , schoch , shaak , shamrock , shedlock , sherlock , shock , shrock , shylock , sidewalk , skok , skroch , sleepwalk , smock , sock , sok , spock , spurlock , squawk , staack , stalk , stock , stocke , stokke , strock , talk , tock , tomahawk , toque , undock , unlock , vlok , vocke , waack , walk , walke , warloeck , wedlock , woodcock , woodstock , yeosock , zoch , zwack