Definition of cock

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Cock (n.) A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock.

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Cockle :: Cockle (n.) A cockleshell.
Blow-off :: Blow-off (adj.) as, a blow-off cock or pipe..
Stopcock :: Stopcock (n.) A bib, faucet, or short pipe, fitted with a turning stopper or plug for permitting or restraining the flow of a liquid or gas; a cock or valve for checking or regulating the flow of water, gas, etc., through or from a pipe, etc..
Anemoscope :: Anemoscope (n.) An instrument which shows the direction of the wind; a wind vane; a weathercock; -- usually applied to a contrivance consisting of a vane above, connected in the building with a dial or index with pointers to show the changes of the wind..
Acock :: Acock (adv.) In a cocked or turned up fashion.
Cockatoo :: Cockatoo (n.) A bird of the Parrot family, of the subfamily Cacatuinae, having a short, strong, and much curved beak, and the head ornamented with a crest, which can be raised or depressed at will. There are several genera and many species; as the broad-crested (Plictolophus, / Cacatua, cristatus), the sulphur-crested (P. galeritus), etc. The palm or great black cockatoo of Australia is Microglossus aterrimus..
Cockcrowing :: Cockcrowing (n.) The time at which cocks first crow; the early morning.
Sea Cock :: Sea cock () The black-bellied plover.
Pewee :: Pewee (n.) The woodcock.
Cocket :: Cocket (n.) An office in a customhouse where goods intended for export are entered.
Cockneyish :: Cockneyish (a.) Characteristic of, or resembling, cockneys..
Peacock :: Peacock (n.) The male of any pheasant of the genus Pavo, of which at least two species are known, native of Southern Asia and the East Indies..
Game :: Game (a.) Having a resolute, unyielding spirit, like the gamecock; ready to fight to the last; plucky..
Cockup :: Cockup (n.) A large, highly esteemed, edible fish of India (Lates calcarifer); -- also called begti..
Halfcock :: Halfcock (v. t.) To set the cock of (a firearm) at the first notch.
Rooster :: Rooster (n.) The male of the domestic fowl; a cock.
Bogsucker :: Bogsucker (n.) The American woodcock; -- so called from its feeding among the bogs.
Cockshy :: Cockshy (n.) A game in which trinkets are set upon sticks, to be thrown at by the players; -- so called from an ancient popular sport which consisted in shying or throwing cudgels at live cocks..
Cockfighting :: Cockfighting (n.) The act or practice of pitting gamecocks to fight.
Lyrated :: Lyrated (a.) Shaped like a lyre, as the tail of the blackcock, or that of the lyre bird..
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