cock of the walk
cock of the walk · cocks of the walk
півень, когут, кокош
петух, кочет, певень
Hahn
A proud or conceited personA proud or conceited person.
» He was the cock of the walk.
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1 senses(idiomatic)A proud or conceited person.
c. 19th century, J. M. Crofts (attributed), The Irish Rover With his smart witty talk He was cock of the walk And he rolled the dames under and over
Examples
1 sentencesHe was the cock of the walk.
Forms
plural: cocks of the walk| Singular | cock of the walk |
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irregular · Lesson
Synonyms
2 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsRelatedpeacockery
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.