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Cocking

verb
Word Frequency: 0.3

Definitions

1.verbTo lift the cock of a firearm or crossbow; to prepare (a gun or crossbow) to be fired.
2.verbTo be prepared to be triggered by having the cock lifted.
"In the darkness, the gun cocked loudly."
3.verbTo erect; to turn up.
4.verbTo copulate with.
5.verbTo turn or twist something upwards or to one side; to lift or tilt (e.g. headwear) boastfully.
"He cocked his hat jauntily."
6.verbTo turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid, as an expression of derision or insinuation.
7.verbTo strut; to swagger; to look big, pert, or menacing.
8.verbTo make a nestle-cock of, to pamper or spoil (of children)
9.verbTo form into piles.
10.nounThe hunting of gamecocks.
11.nounCockfighting.
12.adjectiveOffensive or worthless

Synonyms

roosterruffledickprickprancepeckershaftturncockstopcocktoolstrutswagger

Rhymes With

mockingshockingstalkingdockinggawkingbalkingsquawkingknocking
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