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(male bird) A male bird, ''especially:''

(rooster) A rooster: a male gallinaceous bird, ''especially'' a male domestic chicken ((species)).

A cock pigeon.

(plumbing valve) A valve or tap for controlling flow in plumbing.

The hammer of a firearm trigger mechanism.

(penis) (vulgar) A penis.

(curling) The circle at the end of the rink.

The state of being cocked; an upward turn, tilt or angle.

(slang) A stupid, obnoxious or contemptible person.

Nonsense; rubbish; a fraud.

(man, fellow) (term of address) A man; a fellow.

A boastful tilt of one's head or hat.

(informal) Shuttlecock.

A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock.

(humorous) A chief person; a leader or master.

(obsolete) A leading thing.

The crow of a cock, especially the first crow in the morning; cockcrow.

A male fish, especially a salmon or trout. +

The style or gnomon of a sundial.

The indicator of a balance.

The bridge piece that affords a bearing for the pivot of a balance in a clock or watch.

To lift the cock of a firearm or crossbow; to prepare (a gun or crossbow) to be fired.

To be prepared to be triggered by having the cock lifted.

To erect; to turn up.

(slang) To copulate with; (by extension, as with fuck) to mess up, to damage, to destroy.

To turn or twist something upwards or to one side; to lift or tilt (e.g. headwear) boastfully.

(dated) To turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid, as an expression of derision or insinuation.

(dated) To strut; to swagger; to look big, pert, or menacing.

(obsolete) To make a nestle-cock of, to pamper or spoil (a child).

(slang) {{ng|Expression of annoyance.}}

(where it is still sometimes used) Vulva, vagina.

(hay-cock) Hay-cock, a small conical pile of hay.

To form into piles.

(dot=,) a type of small boat.

(god) (obsolete) {{non-gloss|A corruption of the word God, used in oaths.}}