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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cock/#m1)

2) To cock your head or ear is to tilt it or lift it, often to listen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cock/#m2)

3) To cock a gun is to get it ready to fire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cock/#m3)

4) (rude) A slang word for a man's private part; also a rude insult. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cock/#m4)

5) (UK, informal, old) A friendly word: «All right, cock?» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cock/#m5)

6) A cock can also be a weathervane: a metal rooster on a roof that turns to show which way the wind blows. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cock/#m6)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cock/#x1)
- The dog cocked its head when I whistled. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cock/#x2)
- Before the cock crows, Peter will deny Jesus, the Bible says. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cock/#x3)
- The hens and the cock live in the back garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cock/#x4)
- He cocked an ear to listen at the door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cock/#x5)
- (rude) The older boys called him a cock, and the teacher stepped in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cock/#x6)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/18-the-last-supper-and-the-crucifixion/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «cock» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cock/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.