Meaning

10 senses
  1. (historical)A pit or other enclosure for cockfighting.

    a pit for cockfights

  2. (figuratively)A site of conflict; a battlefield.

  3. (vulgar)The vagina.

  4. (Jamaica)A valley surrounded by steep forested slopes.

  5. (historical)The area set aside for junior officers including the ship's surgeon on a man-of-war, where the wounded were treated; the sickbay.

  6. A well, usually near the stern, where the helm is located.

  7. The driver's compartment in a racing car (or, by extension, in a sports car or other automobile).

    seat where the driver sits while driving a racing car

  8. The compartment in an aircraft or spacecraft in which the pilot sits and from where the craft is controlled.

    compartment where the pilot sits while flying the aircraft

  9. (figuratively)An area from where something is controlled or managed; a centre of control.

    Cockpit, Pilotenkanzel, Pilotenkabine

    каби́наkabína

  10. (broadly, obsolete)A theater or other entertainment venue.

Examples

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  1. The pilot came out of the cockpit.

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  2. He was found drinking in the cockpit.

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  3. The airliner didn't have a cockpit voice recorder.

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  4. The pilots don't want anyone in their cockpit.

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  5. Boris found the pilot dead inside the cockpit.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
area from which the pilot controls an aircraft:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
area from which the pilot controls an aircraft:

Origin

Compound of cock (“rooster”) + pit. Either the same as above or from compound of cock (“b

Compound of cock (“rooster”) + pit.

Either the same as above or from compound of cock (“boat”) + pit, where the first element is also found in cockboat and coxswain.

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