cock

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

b) cockcrow

3. a woodcock

4. a weather vane in the shape of a rooster; weathercock

5. a leader or chief, esp. one with some boldness or arrogance

6. a faucet or valve for regulating the flow of a liquid or gas

7.

a) the hammer of a firearm

b) the position of such a hammer when set for firing

8. a tilting or turning upward, as of the eye or ear

9. a jaunty, erect position [the cock of a hat]

10. [Vulgar Slang] the penis

vt.

1. to tilt or set (a hat, etc.) jauntily on one side

2. to raise to an erect position [a dog cocks his ears]

3. to tilt or turn (the eye or ear) toward something

4.

a) to set the hammer of (a gun) in firing position

b) to set (a tripping device, as for the shutter of a camera) ready to be released

5. to draw back (one's fist, arm, etc.) ready to strike

vi.

1. to assume an erect or tilted position

2. Archaic to behave in a cocky way; strut

cock² [käk]

n.

[ME cokke, akin to ON køkkr, Dan kok, a pile < IE * quqā- < base * gēu-: see COG¹]

a small, cone-shaped pile, as of hay

vt.

to pile in cocks