Meaning

1 senses

  1. (UK, dated, slang)To exaggerate; to overcharge.

Examples

4 sentences

  1. Every cock crows on his own dunghill.

    deJeder Hahn kräht auf seinem eigenen Misthaufen. — Esperantostern

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  2. A cock is bold on his dunghill.

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  3. A cock is bold on his own dunghill.

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  4. He tapped the tip of his cock on my lips.

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Forms

cocks on, cocking on, cocked on, cocked on
Base formcock on · to cock on
3rd person singularcocks on
Present participlecocking on
Past simplecocked on
Past participlecocked on

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycock on
he, she, itcocks on

Past simpleLesson

all personscocked on

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave cocked on
he, she, ithas cocked on

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill cock on

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

1 synonyms
cock it on

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
coccyxcockcockatielcockerelcockfight
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