cock meaning

• Verb: cock  kók
  1. Tilt or slant to one side
     "cock one's head" 
  2. Set the trigger of a firearm back for firing 
  3. To walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
     - tittup, swagger, ruffle, prance, strut, sashay [N. Amer]
  Noun: cock  kók
  1. [vulgar] Obscene term for penis 
  2. Faucet consisting of a rotating device for regulating flow of a liquid
     - stopcock, turncock 
  3. The part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled
     - hammer 
  4. Adult male chicken
     - rooster 
  5. Adult male bird

  Derived forms: cocks, cocked, cocking

  Type of: bird, cant, cant over, chicken, chook [Austral, NZ], faucet [N. Amer], Gallus gallus, lay, member, penis, phallus, pitch, place, pose, position, put, set, slant, spigot, striker, tap, tilt, walk

  Part of: firing mechanism, gunlock

  Encyclopedia: Cock

• 
  [American slang]
  n. the penis. (Taboo. Potentially offensive. Use only with discretion.)
  • He made some joke about a cock, but nobody laughed.
  • The streaker covered his cock and ran across the field.
  
  
• 
  [British slang]
  Noun. 1. The penis. [1400s]
  2. A term of address, usually affectionate. E.g."Right cock, that'll be 46 pence please. Would you like it in a bag?”
  3. Rubbish, nonsense.
  
• 
  [Slang]
  penis
  note: This is one of the more common synonyms for penis.
  E.g. 'John has a small cock.'
  

[Architecture]
1.

See faucet.

2.

A stopcock.

• 
  [Engineering]
  "Any mechanism which starts, stops, or regulates the flow of liquid, such as a valve, faucet, or tap."

• pet cock, draw cock:    [Architecture]A sm ...
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• all to cock:    [British slang]Phr ...

Examples

1. a cock crowed in the compound.
2. the cock clapped his wings and crowed.
3. the cock has crowed for the third time.
4. the cock gave me a peck.
5. he'll try to put the bite on you by telling you a cock and bull story.