cock
To lift the cock of a firearm or crossbowTo lift the cock of a firearm or crossbow; to prepare (a gun or crossbow) to be fired.
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» Tom cocked his head to one side.
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9 senses(ambitransitive)To lift the cock of a firearm or crossbow; to prepare (a gun or crossbow) to be fired.
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взводи́тьvzvodítʹ, взвести́vzvestí
(intransitive)To be prepared to be triggered by having the cock lifted.
In the darkness, the gun cocked loudly.
взводи́тьсяvzvodítʹsja, взвести́сьvzvestísʹ
(transitive)To erect; to turn up.
(Ireland, UK, slang, transitive)To copulate with; (by extension, as with fuck) to mess up, to damage, to destroy.
Foster's Lager TV commercial, 1980s "Please tell me the way to Cockfosters." ... "Drink it warm, mate."
(transitive)To turn or twist something upwards or to one side; to lift or tilt (e.g. headwear) boastfully.
He cocked his hat jauntily.
заломитьzalomitʹ
tilt or slant to one side
(dated, intransitive)To turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid, as an expression of derision or insinuation.
(dated, intransitive)To strut; to swagger; to look big, pert, or menacing.
(transitive)To form into piles.
(obsolete, transitive)To make a nestle-cock of, to pamper or spoil (a child).
Examples
92 sentencesTom cocked his head to one side.
My gun is cocked and ready to fire.
Tom heard the sound of a gun being cocked.
Tom cocked his gun.
Tom cocked the gun.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English cok, from Old English coc, cocc (“cock, male bird”), from Proto-West GFrom Middle English cok, from Old English coc, cocc (“cock, male bird”), from Proto-West Germanic *kokk, from Proto-Germanic *kukkaz (“cock”), probably of onomatopoeic origin.
From Middle English cokke, cock, cok, from Old English *cocc (“heap, pile”, attested in place names), from Proto-West Germanic *kokk, from Proto-Germanic *kukkaz (“mass, bulge, swelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend, curve, arch”).
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Forms
cocks, cocking, cocked, cockedSynonyms
6 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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