cock: Meaning and Definition of

cock

1. a male chicken; rooster.
2. the male of any bird, esp. of the gallinaceous kind.
3. Also calleda hand-operated valve or faucet, esp. one opened or closed by rotating a cylindrical or tapered plug having part of the passage pierced through it from side to side.
4. (in a firearm)
1. the part of the lock that, by its fall or action, causes the discharge; hammer. See diag. underflintlock.
2. the position into which the cock, or hammer, is brought by being drawn partly or completely back, preparatory to firing.
5. .
1. penis.
2. sexual relations with a man.
6. a weathercock.
7. aleader; chief person.
8. pal; chum.
9. nonsense.
10. a bracketlike plate holding bearings, supported at one end only. Cf. bridge (def. 17).
11. the time of the crowing of the cock; early in the morning; cockcrow.

1. to pull back and set the cock, or hammer, of (a firearm) preparatory to firing.
2. to draw back in preparation for throwing or hitting: He cocked his bat and waited for the pitch.
3. to set (a camera shutter or other mechanism) for tripping. Cf. trip (def. 29).

1. to cock the firing mechanism of a firearm.

cock

1. to set or turn up or to one side, often in an assertive, jaunty, or significant manner: He cocked his eyebrow questioningly.

1. to stand or stick up conspicuously.
2. to strut; swagger; put on airs of importance.
3. See(def. 2).

1. the act of turning the head, a hat, etc., up or to one side in a jaunty or significant way.
2. the position of anything thus placed.

cock

1. a conical pile of hay, dung, etc.

1. to pile (hay, dung, etc.) in cocks.