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a-cock-bill

a-cock-bill is the alternative form of acockbill.

Meaning of acockbill

Adverb

acockbill (not comparable)

  1. Hanging at the cathead, ready to let go, as an anchor.
  2. Topped up; having one yardarm higher than the other.

Questions about a-cock-bill

What is a-cock-bill the alternative form of?
A-cock-bill is the alternative form of acockbill.

Words near a-cock-bill in the dictionary

  1. a-cappellas
  2. A-CDM
  3. a-changing
  4. a-choo
  5. A-choy
  6. a-cock-bill
  7. a-cock-horse
  8. a-cross
  9. A-cup
  10. A-cupper
  11. A-cuppers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: a-cock-bill (page history and authors); acockbill (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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