cocky
adjective/ˈkɒki/
/ˈkɑːki/
(comparative cockier, superlative cockiest)
(informal)- too confident about yourself in a way that annoys other people
- For a young man on his first day at work he’s remarkably cocky.
Extra ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesc2- I'm fed up with his cocky attitude.
- They get a bit cocky and think they can do what they want.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryCocky is used with these nouns:- attitude
- grin
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘lecherous’): from cock + -y.
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