cock
US: /ˈkɑk/
UK: /kˈɒk/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
cock /kɔk/- danh từ
- con gà trống
- fighting cock: gà chọi
- cock of the wood: gà rừng
- chim trống (ở những danh từ ghép)
- cock robin: chim cổ đỏ trống
- người đứng đầu; người có vai vế nhất; đầu sỏ
- cock of the walk: người vai vế nhất
- cock of the school: học sinh ngang bướng nhất trường, đầu sỏ ở trường
- chong chóng (chỉ chiều) gió ((cũng) weathercock)
- vòi nước
- kim (của cái cân)
- cò súng
- at fult cock: sẵn sàng nổ cò (súng)
- at half cock: gần sẵn sàng nổ cò (súng)
- (từ lóng), tục cái buồi, con cặc
- mép mũ vểnh lên; đầu mũ hếch lên
- cái liếc, cái nháy mắt
- to look at somebody with a cock in one's eye: liếc nhìn ai
- as pround as a cock on his own dunghill
- (tục ngữ) chó cậy gần nhà, gà cậy gần chuồng
- old cock
- cố nội, ông tổ (gọi người thân)
- that cock won't fight
- cái mẹo đó không ăn thua; kế hoạch đó không ăn thua; lý lẽ đó không nước gì
- con gà trống
- ngoại động từ
- lên cò súng
- vểnh lên, hếch lên, dựng lên
- to cock one's ears: vểnh tay lên (để nghe)
- to cock one's nose: hếch mũi lên (tỏ vẻ khinh bỉ)
- to cock one's hat: đội mũ lệch, vểnh mép mũ lên
- nháy nháy ai; liếc nhìn ai
- nội động từ
- vểnh lên
- vênh váo ra vẻ thách thức
- to cock a snook
- (xem) snook
- danh từ
- đống rơm (cỏ khô... ở cánh đồng)
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb+ noun
1 (BrE) (also rooster AmE, BrE) [C] an adult male chicken: The cock crowed.
Compare: HEN
2 [C] (especially in compounds) a male of any other bird: a cock pheasant
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3 [C] (!!!, slang) a PENIS
4 [C] = STOPCOCK
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5 [sing.] (old-fashioned, BrE, slang) used as a friendly form of address between men
See also -
+ verb [VN]
1 to raise a part of your body so that it is upright or at an angle: The dog cocked its leg by every tree on our route (= in order to urinate). + He cocked an inquisitive eyebrow at her. + She cocked her head to one side and looked at me. + The dog stood listening, its ears cocked.
2 ~ a gun / pistol / rifle to raise the HAMMER on a gun so that it is ready to fire
Idioms: cock an ear / eye at sth/sb to look at or listen to sb/sth carefully and with a lot of attention
cock a snook at sb/sth (BrE) to say or do sth that clearly shows you do not respect sb/sth: to cock a snook at authority + The firm cocked a snook at the recession by doubling its workforce.
Phrasal Verbs: cock sth<->up (BrE, slang) to ruin sth by doing it badly, or by making a careless or stupid mistake
Synonym: BUNGLE
I really cocked that exam up! + She cocked up all the arrangements for the party.
related noun COCK-UP(also cock)
+ noun
a tap that controls the flow of liquid or gas through a pipe: If you have a burst pipe, turn off the stopcock immediately.
Collocation
ADJ.
fighting | barnyard
The market traders cried out like barnyard cocks.
COCK + VERB
crow
The cock crowed at dawn.
COCK + NOUN
fight, fighting
Concise dictionary
cocks|cocked|cockingkɒknoun
+obscene terms for penis
+faucet consisting of a rotating device for regulating flow of a liquid
+the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled
+adult male chicken
+adult male bird
verb
+tilt or slant to one side
+set the trigger of a firearm back for firing
+to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
