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cocked

/kɒkt/US/kɑkt/

cocked adjective: drunk. Also the simple past and past participle of cock.

Adjective

cocked

  1. (informal) Drunk.
    • He is totally cocked right now, about thirteen beers into his 12-pack.
  2. (in-compounds, slang, vulgar) Having a specified form of penis or a specific number of penises.
    • The large-cocked pornstar came into shot.
    Synonyms:
    dicked, bedicked, willied, penised, bepenised, phallused, bephallused
  3. Of a firearm or crossbow; to have the cock lifted or prepared to be fired.
  4. Of a die: having landed in a tilted position, rather than flat.
  5. slanted or tipped.
    • She was now standing arms akimbo, her shoulders drooping a little, her head cocked to one side, her glasses winking in the sunlight. We knew she wore a grin of the uttermost wickedness.1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC

Also used as

cocked is also the simple past and past participle of cock.

Synonyms of cocked

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Words formed from cocked

Phrases with cocked

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Words that rhyme with cocked

Questions about cocked

What does cocked mean?
Cocked means drunk.
What part of speech is cocked?
Cocked is an adjective.
How do you pronounce cocked?
Cocked is pronounced /kɑkt/ (US).

Words near cocked in the dictionary

  1. cockcrowing
  2. cockcrowings
  3. cockcrows
  4. cocke
  5. Cocke County
  6. cocked
  7. cocked a deaf 'un
  8. cocked a snook
  9. cocked hat
  10. Cocked Hat Club
  11. cocked hat curve

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