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Definition of cock noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cock

noun
 
/kɒk/
 
/kɑːk/
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  1. (British English)
    (also rooster North American English, British English)
    [countable] an adult male chicken
    • The cock crowed.
    • The market traders cried out like barnyard cocks.
    compare henTopics Birdsc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • fighting
    cock + verb
    • crow
    cock + noun
    • fight
    • fighting
    See full entry
  2. [countable] (especially in compounds) a male of any other bird
    • a cock pheasant
    see also peacockTopics Birdsc2
  3. [countable] (taboo, slang) a penis
  4. [countable]
    (also stopcock)
    a tap that controls the flow of liquid or gas through a pipe see also ballcock
  5. [singular] (British English, old-fashioned, slang) used as a friendly form of address between men
    6. see also half-cock
    Word OriginOld English cocc, from medieval Latin coccus; reinforced in Middle English by Old French coq.
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