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acock

/əˈkɒk/

acock adverb: in a cocked or turned-up fashion.

Adverb

acock

  1. In a cocked or turned-up fashion.
    • He gave a sharp whistle, the Bear stopped every move, and, as he stood with ears acock, the man fired at his head.1900, Ernest Thompson Seton, The Biography of a Grizzly: And 75 Drawings, page 85
  2. Defiantly.

Proper noun capitalized: Acock

Acock

  1. A surname.

acock meaning in Bengali

acock in Bengali

বাঁকানো, উল্টানো অবস্থায়, স্পর্ধার সাথে

Origin of acock

From a- + cock.

Words formed from acock

Words that rhyme with acock

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Questions about acock

What does acock mean?
Acock means in a cocked or turned-up fashion.
What is acock in Bengali?
Acock in Bengali is বাঁকানো, উল্টানো অবস্থায়, স্পর্ধার সাথে. See Acock meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is acock?
Acock can be an adverb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce acock?
Acock is pronounced /əˈkɒk/.

Words near acock in the dictionary

  1. Acocella
  2. Acocellas
  3. acochlidian
  4. acochlidians
  5. acocil
  6. acock
  7. acockbill
  8. Acocks Green
  9. acocotl
  10. acocotls
  11. ACOD

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Adapted from Wiktionary: acock (page history and authors); Acock (page history and authors); acock (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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