cocker
One who breeds gamecocks or engages in the sport of cockfightingOne who breeds gamecocks or engages in the sport of cockfighting.
» This dog is a mix between a cocker spaniel and a poodle.
Dieser Hund ist ein Cockerspaniel-Pudel-Mischling.
Эта собака - помесь кокер-спаниеля и пуделя.
Meaning
7 sensesOne who breeds gamecocks or engages in the sport of cockfighting.
(dated)One who hunts woodcocks.
(colloquial)A cocker spaniel, either of two breeds of dogs originally bred for hunting woodcocks.
A device that aids in cocking a crossbow.
A rustic high shoe; half-boot.
(UK, informal)Friend, mate.
(obsolete)A quiver.
- a small breed with wavy silky hair; originally developed in England
Examples
1 sentencesThis dog is a mix between a cocker spaniel and a poodle.
ruЭта собака - помесь кокер-спаниеля и пуделя.
deDieser Hund ist ein Cockerspaniel-Pudel-Mischling.
Origin
From cock (“a male bird, especially a rooster”) and its derivative cocking (“the hunting oFrom cock (“a male bird, especially a rooster”) and its derivative cocking (“the hunting of gamecocks”), + -er (occupational suffix) or + -er (agent noun suffix).
From Middle English coker (“a quiver, boot”) from Old English cocer (“quiver, case”) from Proto-West Germanic *kukur (“container, case”), said to be from Hunnic, possibly from Proto-Mongolic *kökexür (“leather vessel for liquids”). More at quiver.
Uncertain. Perhaps from Middle English cokeren (“to pamper, coddle”); compare Welsh cocru (“to indulge, fondle”), French coqueliner (“to dandle, to imitate the crow of a cock, to run after the girls”), and English cockle and cock (“rooster; to spoil”).
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Forms
plural: cockersSynonyms
4 synonyms- a small breed with wavy silky hair; originally developed in England:cocker spanielEnglish cocker spaniel