Cock
21cock-up — [käk′up΄] n. [Brit. Slang] a state or instance of confusion; mix up * * * cock up (kŏkʹŭp ) n. Chiefly British Slang A blunder; a mess. * * * …
22cock — vb stack, shock, pile, *heap, mass, bank Analogous words: *gather, collect, assemble Contrasted words: *scatter, disperse cock n stack, shock, pile, heap, mass, bank (see under HEAP vb) …
23cock — cock1 [käk] n. [ME cok < OE coc & OFr coq, like Dan kok, ON kokkr, of echoic orig.] 1. a) the male of the chicken; rooster b) the male of certain other birds 2. Archaic a) the crowing of a rooster, esp. at sunrise …
24cock|a|ma|my — cock|a|ma|mie or cock|a|ma|my «KOK uh MAY mee», adjective, noun, plural mies. Slang. –adj. foolish, absurd, or nonsensical: »If there are some confusing or irritating or cockamamy rules of the house…these should be explained in advance (Atlantic) …
25cock|er — cock|er1 «KOK uhr», noun. 1. = cocker spaniel. (Cf. ↑cocker spaniel) 2. a person who arranges or attends cockfights. ╂[< cock1 (the spaniel was used to hunt woodcock)] cock|er2 «KOK uhr», transitive verb. to indulge; pamper. ╂ …
26Cock — Cock, 1) Hieronymus, geb. 1510 in Antwerpen, Maler, Kupferstecher u. Kunsthändler, ging nach Italien, wo er mit Vasati in freundschaftliche Beziehung trat u. diesen bei Herausgabe seines kunstbiographischen Werkes unterstützte. Er gab in… …
27Cock — (engl.), Hahn; C. pit, Platz oder Gebäude für Hahnenkämpfe …
28cock-up — cock ,up noun count BRITISH IMPOLITE a bad mistake or something that has been done very badly …
29cock-up — ► NOUN Brit. informal ▪ something done badly or inefficiently …
30cock-up — [käk′up΄] n. [Brit. Slang] a state or instance of confusion; mix up …
