Cock
11cock-up — n BrE spoken informal something that has been spoiled by someone s stupid mistake or by being done badly ▪ He s made a monumental cock up of his first assignment. cock up over ▪ There s been a cock up over the tickets for the football on Saturday …
12cock-up — cock ups N COUNT If you make a cock up of something, you ruin it by doing something wrong. [BRIT, INFORMAL, RUDE] He was in danger of making a real cock up of this... This was just an administrative cock up …
13Cock — Cock, n. [Cf. Icel. k[ o]kkr lump, Dan. kok heap, or E. cock to set erect.] A small concial pile of hay. [1913 Webster] …
14Cock — Cock, n. A corruption or disguise of the word God, used in oaths. [Obs.] By cock and pie. Shak. [1913 Webster] …
15cock — [n] rooster capon, chanticleer, chicken, cock a doodle doo*, cockalorum, cockerel; concept 394 cock [v] aim up toward erect, hump, perk up, pile, prick, raise, stack, stand erect, stand up, stick up; concept 201 …
16cock|up — «KOK UHP», noun. 1. a distinct turn up at the end or tip. 2. a hat or cap with the brim turned up. cock up «KOK UHP», noun. British Slang. a clumsy muddle or mess; confusion: »The Russians have made a proper cock up of Marx... (Sunday Times) …
17Cock — Cock, v. t. To draw the hammer of (a firearm) fully back and set it for firing. [1913 Webster] …
18Cock — Cock, v. i. To draw back the hammer of a firearm, and set it for firing. [1913 Webster] Cocked, fired, and missed his man. Byron. [1913 Webster] …
19Cock — Cock, v. t. To put into cocks or heaps, as hay. [1913 Webster] Under the cocked hay. Spenser. [1913 Webster] …
20Cock — Cock, v. i. To strut; to swagger; to look big, pert, or menacing. Addison. [1913 Webster] …