Cocks

//kɒks// name, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of cock form-of, plural

    "If Mrs. Dyott was fond of ancient French furniture, and distinctly difficult about it, her inmates could be fond—with whatever critical cocks of charming dark-braided heads over slender sloping shoulders—of modern French authors."

Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of cock form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A hamlet in Cornwall, England. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A surname. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms
stopcockchanticleerroosterroosterswaggerboycock

Example

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"She thinks about cocks all the time."

Etymology

The surname is a variant of Cox.

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