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• cock —   1. Fowl. Moa kāne, ouo; moa mahi (fighting); moa kākala (with sharp spurs). See saying, pūkō.    ♦ Sharp spurs of a fighting cock, kākala, kākala pī ka wai    ♦ To act the part of a cock, momoa, moamoa.    ♦ When the cock s spur is sharp and… …   English-Hawaiian dictionary

• cock — ► NOUN 1) a male bird, especially of a domestic fowl. 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) …   English terms dictionary

• cock — cock1 [käk] n. [ME cok < OE coc & OFr coq, like Dan kok, ON kokkr, of echoic orig.] 1. a) the male of the chicken; rooster b) the male of certain other birds 2. Archaic a) the crowing of a rooster, esp. at sunrise …   English World dictionary

• cock — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a a male bird, esp. of a domestic fowl. b a male lobster, crab, or salmon. c = WOODCOCK. 2 Brit. sl. (usu. old cock as a form of address) a friend; a fellow. 3 coarse sl. the penis. 4 Brit. sl. nonsense. Usage: In senses 3, 4… …   Useful english dictionary

• cock — [[t]kɒ̱k[/t]] cocks, cocking, cocked 1) N COUNT A cock is an adult male chicken. [mainly BRIT] The cock was announcing the start of a new day. Syn: rooster (in AM, use rooster) 2) N COUNT: oft N n You refer to a male bird, especially a male game… …   English dictionary

• cock — Synonyms and related words: Bantam, anemograph, anemometer, anemometrograph, anemoscope, anthill, backslide, ball cock, ball valve, baloney, bank, banty, barn door fowl, barnyard fowl, biddy, bilge, billy, billy goat, boar, bosh, boss, broiler,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• cock — 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… …   English new terms dictionary

• cock — I. /kɒk / (say kok) noun 1. a male chicken. 2. the male of any bird, especially of the gallinaceous kind. 3. Obsolete the crowing of the cock: they were up at first cock. 4. a leader; chief person; ruling spirit. 5. a device for permitting or… …  

• cock — cock1 [kɔk US ka:k] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(chicken)¦ 2¦(male bird)¦ 3¦(sex organ)¦ 4 cock and bull story 5¦(object that controls flow)¦ 6¦(man)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin: cocc male chicken ] 1.) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• cock — 1 noun 1 CHICKEN (C) especially BrE an adult male chicken; rooster AmE see also: cock a doodle doo 2 SEX ORGAN (C) taboo a penis 3 cock and bull story a story or excuse that is silly and unlikely but is told as if it were true: She gave me some… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• cock — I UK [kɒk] / US [kɑk] noun [countable] Word forms cock : singular cock plural cocks 1) a) an adult male chicken. The noise that a cock makes is called crowing. The usual American word is rooster. b) an adult male bird of any kind a cock pheasant… …   English dictionary