cocks

Noun

cock (countable and uncountable, plural cocks)

1. A rooster: a male gallinaceous bird, especially a male domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus).
   • A forlyued cok leiþ eiren in his laste elde... and ȝif any venemous worme sittiþ on broode þerevppon in þe canyculer dayes, þerof is igendrid... a cocatrice.a. 1398, John Trevisa, transl. Bartholomeus Anglicus as De Proprietatibus Rerum (MS BL Add. 27944), Vol. I, p. 628
2. A cock pigeon.
3. A valve or tap for controlling flow in plumbing.
   • The liquor is discharged from the cock S into liquor cans V […], from which it is transferred to the sugar in the moulds. W represents one of the traps or stairs which communicate with respective floors of the sugarhouse.1864, Robert Niccol, Essay on Sugar, and General Treatise on Sugar Refining
4. The hammer of a firearm trigger mechanism.
5. (colloquial, vulgar) A penis.
   • She doesn't see his cock, but she doesn't want to, what's the point, right?1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 356

   Synonyms:

   penis

6. The circle at the end of the rink.

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