cockey
cockey is the alternative spelling of cocky.
cockey is the alternative spelling of kocay.
Meaning of cocky
Adjective
cocky (comparative cockier, superlative cockiest)
- Overly confident; arrogant and boastful.
- And now I think I may be cocky, / Since fortune has ſmurtl'd on me, / I'm Jenny, an' ye ſhall be Jockie, / 'Tis right we together ſud be; [...]1794, Alexander Ross; [Joseph Ritson, compiler], “Song XXVII. What Ails the Lasses at Me. […] [Billet by Jeany Gradden.]”, in Scotish Songs. In Two Volumes, volume I, London: Printed for J[oseph]...
- Synonyms:
- airy, arrogant, chesty, authoritarian, biggity, big-headed, blustery, turgescent, boastful, lordly
Meaning of kocay
Noun
kocay (plural kocays)
Proper noun capitalized: Cockey
Cockey (plural Cockeys)
- A surname.
Forms of cockey
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | cockier |
| superlative | cockiest |
| Noun | |
| plural | cockeys |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | cockeys |
| present participle | cockeying |
| past participle | cockeyed |
| past | cockeyed |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Cockeys |
Origin of cockey
From cock + -ey (adjectival suffix).
From cock + -ey (diminutive suffix).
From cock(atoo) + -ey (diminutive suffix).
Questions about cockey
- What does cockey mean?
- Cockey means a surname.
- What is cockey the alternative spelling of?
- Cockey is the alternative spelling of cocky.
- What part of speech is cockey?
- Cockey is a proper noun.
Words near cockey in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cockey (page history and authors); Cockey (page history and authors); cocky (page history and authors); kocay (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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