Cock Definition
- An overbearing or domineering person.
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Cock
Origin of Cock
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From Middle English cock, cok, from Old English -cocc (attested in place names), from Old Norse kǫkkr (“lump”), from Proto-Germanic *kukkaz (“bulge, swelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *geugh- (“swelling”). Cognate with Norwegian kok (“heap, lump”), Swedish koka (“a lump of earth”), German Kocke (“heap of hay, dunghill”), Middle Low German kogge (“wide, rounded ship”), Dutch kogel (“ball”), German Kugel (“ball, globe”).
From Wiktionary
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From Middle English cok, from Old English coc, cocc (“cock, male bird”), from Proto-Germanic *kukkaz (“cock”), probably of onomatopoeic origin. Cognate with Old Norse kokkr ("cock"; whence Danish kok (“cock”)). Reinforced by Old French coc, also of imitative origin.
From Wiktionary
Middle English cok from Old English cocc probably from Late Latin coccus from coco a cackling of imitative origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
from Old French coque (“a type of small boat”), from child-talk coco 'egg'
From Wiktionary
Middle English cok
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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