cock

«cock» in Mova's school dictionary: an adult male chicken (a rooster); also the male of some… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a cock, cocks); verb (cock, cocks, cocked, cocking)

meaning for a pupil

1) A cock is an adult male chicken (a rooster); also the male of some other birds. tree →

2) To cock your head or ear is to tilt it or lift it, often to listen. tree →

3) To cock a gun is to get it ready to fire. tree →

4) (rude) A slang word for a man's private part; also a rude insult. tree →

5) (UK, informal, old) A friendly word: «All right, cock?» tree →

6) A cock can also be a weathervane: a metal rooster on a roof that turns to show which way the wind blows. tree →

sense in the lessons

In farm stories and fables (the cock crowed at dawn), the Bible (the cock crowed when Peter denied Jesus), dog behaviour (cocked its head); the rude sense is heard in rough talk and should not be used at school.

examples

• The cock crowed at sunrise. tree →
• The dog cocked its head when I whistled. tree →
• Before the cock crows, Peter will deny Jesus, the Bible says. tree →
• The hens and the cock live in the back garden. tree →
• He cocked an ear to listen at the door. tree →
• (rude) The older boys called him a cock, and the teacher stepped in. tree →

note

Many people prefer «rooster» (US) or «cockerel» (UK, a young cock) to avoid the rude sense. Words like cockpit, cockroach, cocktail, peacock are fine. Phrase «cock-a-doodle-doo» is the rooster's sound.

In the corpora

• Peter said three times that he did not know Jesus; then the cock crowed and he wept.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «cock» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.