COCKS
/kɒks/
13
Scrabble
15
WWF
C(3) O(1) C(3) K(5) S(1)
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Definition
/kɒks/
noun
- A male bird, especially:
- A valve or tap for controlling flow in plumbing.
- The hammer of a firearm trigger mechanism.
- The notch of an arrow or crossbow.
- The penis.
verb
- 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.“In the darkness, the gun cocked loudly.”
- To erect; to turn up.
- To copulate with.
- To turn or twist something upwards or to one side; to lift or tilt (e.g. headwear) boastfully.“He cocked his hat jauntily.”
noun
- (where it is still sometimes used) Vulva, vagina.
noun
- A small conical pile of hay.“The farmhands stack the hay into cocks”
verb
- To form into piles.
noun
- Abbreviation of cock-boat, a type of small boat.
Source: Wiktionary
