'Cocked' definitions:
Definition of 'Cocked'
From: GCIDE
- Cock \Cock\ (k[o^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cocked (k[o^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Cocking.] [Cf. Gael. coc to cock.]
- 1. To set erect; to turn up. [1913 Webster]
- Our Lightfoot barks, and cocks his ears. --Gay. [1913 Webster]
- Dick would cock his nose in scorn. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To shape, as a hat, by turning up the brim. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To set on one side in a pert or jaunty manner. [1913 Webster]
- They cocked their hats in each other's faces. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid, as an expression of derision or insinuation. [1913 Webster]
- Cocked hat. (a) A hat with large, stiff flaps turned up to a peaked crown, thus making its form triangular; -- called also three-cornered hat. (b) A game similar to ninepins, except that only three pins are used, which are set up at the angles of a triangle. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Cocked'
- At cock,
- Cock,
- Cocke,
- Cocking,
- cock up,
- At full cock,
- At half cock,
- Ball cock,
- By cock and pie,
- Chaparral cock,
- Cock feather,
- Cock of the plains,
- Cock of the rock,
- Cock of the walk,
- Cock of the woods,
- Cocke County,
- Cocke, TN,
- Cocked hat,
- Foam cock,
- Gauge cock,
- Grease cock,
- Heath cock,
- Hopper cock,
- Injection cock,
- Jungle cock,
- Mackerel cock,
- Moor cock,
- Mountain cock,
- Pet cock,
- Sage cock,
- Sand cock,
- Sea cock,
- Snow cock,
- Thistle cock,
- Throstle cock,
- Try cock,
- Turkey cock,
- Water cock,
- black cock,
- cock's eggs,
- escape cock,
- fighting cock,
- ground cock,
- half cocked,
- skitty cock,
- Cock and bull story,
- Cock-brained,
- Cock-paddle,
- Cocke County, TN,
- Dandy-cock,
- cock's-eggs,
- cock-a-hoop,
- cock-a-leekie,
- cock-of-the-rock,
- go off half cocked,
- half-cock,
- Four-way cock,
- To go off half-cocked,
- cock-a-doodle-doo,
- cock-and-bull story,
- go off at half-cock,
- go off half-cocked