cobra
/ˈkəʊbɹə/US/ˈkoʊbɹə/
cobra noun: any of the genus Naja of venomous snakes that can spread their neck ribs into a broad hood when threatened; a true cobra.
Noun (1)
cobra (plural cobras)
- Any of the genus Naja of venomous snakes that can spread their neck ribs into a broad hood when threatened; a true cobra.
- In the pools, too, was a species of small alligator or enormous iguana, I do not know which, that fed, Billali told me, upon the waterfowl, also large quantities of a hideous black water-snake, of which the bite is very dangerous, though not, I gathered, so deadly as a cobra's or a puff adder's.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
- A ring-necked spitting cobra or rinkhals (Hemachatus haemachatus).
- A king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah).
- A tree cobra (genus Pseudohaje).
- A shield-nosed cobra/coral cobra (genus Aspidelaps).
- A black desert cobra (genus Walterinnesia).
- An American cobra (Micrurus fulvius).
- A false water cobra, Hydrodynastes gigas.
- A type of lanyard knot, thought to resemble a snake in its shape.
Proper noun (1) capitalized: COBRA
COBRA
- Initialism of Cabinet Office Briefing Room A.
- Acronym of Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms.
- Synonyms:
- COBR
- Initialism of Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, especially the provision that allows some employees to continue their group-based health insurance after leaving a job; also, health insurance obtained under this law.
- There were COBRA forms to fill out for insurance, and unemployment to file for.2021, Ruth Ozeki, The Book of Form and Emptiness, Canongate Books (2022), page 478
Noun (2) capitalized: COBRA
COBRA (plural COBRAs)
- A cabinet committee meeting that would use a COBR room
- A cabinet committee that would meet using a COBR room
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Cobra
Cobra
- Alternative letter-case form of COBRA.
- Boris Johnson was accused on Saturday of being “missing in action” after failing to attend a Cobra meeting to discuss the national heatwave emergency following predictions that thousands could die in the coming days.2022 July 16, Mark Townsend, James Tapper, “Johnson skips emergency Cobra meeting as experts warn thousands may die in UK heatwave”, in The Observer, →ISSN
- In the UK, a Cobra security meeting was called and in Estonia, which neighbours Russia, the prime minister, Kaja Kallas, said there was strengthened security on the border.2023 June 24, Pjotr Sauer, Andrew Roth, “Putin accuses Wagner chief of treason and vows to ‘neutralise’ uprising”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
- A male given name.
cobra meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
cobra in Hindi
- venomous snake
- कोबरा kobrā, भुजंग bhujaṅg, काला kālā
cobra in Tamil
- venomous snake
- நாகம் nākam, நாகப்பாம்பு nākappāmpu
cobra in Marathi
- venomous snake
- भुजंग bhujaṅga, नाग nāg, नागोबा nāgobā
cobra in Urdu
- کوبرا
More languagesFewer languages
- cobra in Bengali
- কোবরা kōbora
- cobra in Telugu
- నాగుపాము nāgupāmu
- cobra in Malayalam
- മൂർഖൻ mūṟkhaṉ
- cobra in Kannada
- ಕೋಬ್ರಾ
- cobra in Punjabi
- ਨਾਗ nāg
- cobra in Gujarati
- કોબ્રા, કોબરા
- cobra in Assamese
- ফেঁটী সাপ phẽti xap
- cobra in Nepali
- कोब्रा, कोबरा
- cobra in Tagalog
- ulupong
- cobra in Arabic
- كُوبْرَا kubrā, بَزَّاقَة bazzāqa
- cobra in Malay
- tedung
- cobra in Indonesian
- kobra, tedung
- cobra in Persian
- کفچهمار kafčemār
- cobra in Thai
- งูเห่า nguu hào
- cobra in Vietnamese
- rắn hổ mang, hổ mang
- cobra in Myanmar
- မြွေဟောက် mrwehauk
Examples of cobra in a sentence
- He was lethally poisoned by the cobra and died a day later of it.
- Springing like a self-styled cobra, the tiny larva will strike from time to time.
- Little animals from over in India, day kill da snakes, da cobras dere.
Synonyms of cobra
Forms of cobra
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | cobras |
| plural | COBRAs |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative form | Cobra |
Origin of cobra
Borrowed from Portuguese cobra, from Latin colubra (“a female snake”).
Words formed from cobra
- cobra chicken
- cobra effect
- cobralike
- cobra lily
- cobra maneuver
- cobra pose
- cobra roll
- cobra saffron
- cobratoxin
- cobric
- Pugachev's cobra
Phrases with cobra
Words that rhyme with cobra
Questions about cobra
- What does cobra mean?
- Cobra means any of the genus Naja of venomous snakes that can spread their neck ribs into a broad hood when threatened; a true cobra.
- What is cobra in Hindi?
- Cobra in Hindi is कोबरा (kobrā), भुजंग (bhujaṅg), काला (kālā). See Cobra meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is cobra?
- Cobra can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce cobra?
- Cobra is pronounced /ˈkəʊbɹə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of cobra?
- The plural of cobra is cobras.
Words near cobra in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cobra (page history and authors); COBRA (page history and authors); Cobra (page history and authors); cobra (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cobra (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cobra (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cobra (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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