'Cocker' definitions:
Definition of 'cocker'
(from WordNet)
noun
A small breed with wavy silky hair; originally developed in England [syn: cocker spaniel, English cocker spaniel, cocker]
verb
Treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!" [syn: pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge]
Definition of 'Cocker'
From: GCIDE
- Cocker \Cock"er\, n. [OE. coker qyiver, boot, AS. cocer quiver; akin to G. k["o]cher quiver, and perh. originally meaning receptacle, holder. Cf. Quiver (for arrows).] A rustic high shoe or half-boots. [Obs.] --Drayton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Cocker'
From: GCIDE
- Cocker \Cock"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cockered; p. pr. & vb. n. Cockering.] [OE. cokeren; cf. W. cocru to indulge, fondle, E. cock the bird, F. coqueliner to dandle (Cotgrave), to imitate the crow of a cock, to run after the girls, and E. cockle, v.] To treat with too great tenderness; to fondle; to indulge; to pamper. [1913 Webster]
- Cocker thy child and he shall make thee afraid. --Ecclesiasticus xxx. 9. [1913 Webster]
- Poor folks cannot afford to cocker themselves up. --J. Ingelow. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Cocker'
From: GCIDE
- Cocker \Cock"er\, n. [From Cock the bird.]
- 1. One given to cockfighting. [Obs.] --Steele. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) A small dog of the spaniel kind, used for starting up woodcocks, etc. [1913 Webster]