cock

1. 1.

   tilt or slant to one side

   “cock one's head”

   Broadercant
2. 2.

   set the trigger of a firearm back for firing

   Broaderput
3. 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”

   Synonymstittupswaggerruffleprancestrutsashay

   Broaderwalk

Other forms of cock

plural

cocks·

past tense

cocked·

present participle

cocking·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about cock

What does cock mean?

cock means "obscene terms for penis". That is the primary sense; the word has 8 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cock?

cock has 1 syllable: cock. In IPA it is /ˈkɑk/.

What is another word for cock?

Close synonyms include prick, dick, shaft, pecker, tool. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cock a common word?

cock is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with cock?

10 words rhyme with cock. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.