cocky
cocky · cockier · cockiest
головатий, великоголовий
дерзкий, высокомерный, нахальный, заносчивый
frech, arrogant
Overly confident; arrogant and boastfulOverly confident; arrogant and boastful.
UK/ˈkɔkɪj/US/ˈkɑki/
Meaning
1 sensesOverly confident; arrogant and boastful.
arrogant, frech
зано́счивыйzanósčivyj, де́рзкийdérzkij, наха́льныйnaxálʹnyj
overly self-confident or self-assertive
Examples
20 sentencesLet's not get cocky.
ruДавайте не будем зазнаваться. — odexed
Don't get too cocky.
ruНе слишком зазнавайся. — Inego
deWerd nicht zu übermütig. — wolfgangth
Tom is cocky.
Alberto was feeling brave and cocky.
Don't you get cocky on me, now.
Translations
8 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
overly confident:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
overly confident:
Origin
From cock (“male domestic chicken”) + -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense of ‘havFrom cock (“male domestic chicken”) + -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense of ‘having the quality of’).
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Forms
cockier, cockiestSynonyms
66 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form