1. a male chicken; rooster.
2. the male of any bird, especially a gallinaceous bird.
3. a hand-operated valve or faucet, especially one opened or closed by rotating a cylindrical or tapered plug having part of the passage pierced through it from side to side.
4. (in a firearm)
• the part of the lock that, by its fall or action, causes the discharge; hammer.
• the position into which the cock, or hammer, is brought by being drawn partly or completely back, preparatory to firing.
5. Slang: Vulgar.
• penis.
• sexual relations with a man.
6. a weathercock.
7. a leader; chief person.
8. pal; chum.
9. nonsense.
10. a bracketlike plate holding bearings, supported at one end only.
11. the time of the crowing of the cock; early in the morning; cockcrow.

12. to pull back and set the cock, or hammer, of (a firearm) preparatory to firing.
13. to draw back in preparation for throwing or hitting: He cocked his bat and waited for the pitch.
14. to set (a camera shutter or other mechanism) for tripping.

15. to cock the firing mechanism of a firearm.

1. to set or turn up or to one side, often in an assertive, jaunty, or significant manner: He cocked his eyebrow questioningly.

2. to stand or stick up conspicuously.
3. to strut; swagger; put on airs of importance.

4. the act of turning the head, a hat, etc., up or to one side in a jaunty or significant way.
5. the position of anything thus placed.

6. snook² (def. 2).

1. a conical pile of hay, dung, etc.

2. to pile (hay, dung, etc.) in cocks.

1. the male of the domestic fowl
• any other male bird
• the male of certain other animals, such as the lobster
• (as modifier)
3. short for stopcock, weathercock
4. a taboo slang word for penis
• the hammer of a firearm
• its position when the firearm is ready to be discharged
6. a friend, mate, or fellow
7. a jaunty or significant tilting or turning upwards
8. nonsense

9. to set the firing pin, hammer, or breech block of (a firearm) so that a pull on the trigger will release it and thus fire the weapon
10. to set the shutter mechanism of (a camera) so that the shutter can be tripped by pressing the shutter-release button
11. to raise in an alert or jaunty manner
12. to stick or stand up conspicuously

1. a small, cone-shaped heap of hay, straw, etc

2. to stack (hay, straw, etc) in such heaps

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