cock
1. obscene terms for penis
• Syn:
prick, dick, shaft, pecker, peter,
tool, putz
• Usage Domain:
obscenity, smut, vulgarism, filth, dirty word
• Hypernyms:
penis, phallus, member
2. faucet consisting of a rotating device for regulating flow of a liquid
• Syn:
stopcock, turncock
• Hypernyms:
faucet, spigot
3. the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled
• Syn:
hammer
• Hypernyms:
striker
• Part Holonyms:
gunlock, firing mechanism
4. adult male chicken
• Syn:
rooster
• Hypernyms:
chicken, Gallus gallus
• Hyponyms:
cockerel
5. adult male bird
• Hypernyms:
bird
• Hyponyms:
gamecock, fighting cock
1. tilt or slant to one side (Freq. 2)
- cock one's head
• Hypernyms:
cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. set the trigger of a firearm back for firing (Freq. 2)
• Hypernyms:
put, set, place, pose, position, lay
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
- He struts around like a rooster in a hen house
• Syn:
tittup, swagger, ruffle, prance, strut, sashay
• Derivationally related forms:
strut (for: strut), prancer (for: prance), prance (for: prance), swagger (for: swagger), swaggerer (for: swagger)
• Hypernyms:
walk
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
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