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cocksmanship

cocksmanship noun: stereotypically aggressive male behaviour.

Noun

cocksmanship (uncountable)

  1. Stereotypically aggressive male behaviour.
  2. (US, vulgar) Male sexual ability or prowess.
    • Why is it that a woman always thinks that the most savage thing she can say to a man is to impugn his cocksmanship?1976, Paddy Chayefsky, Network, spoken by Max Schumacher (William Holden)
    • It plays as elegant, for the most part—or at least as elegant as can be imagined when you've got Euron Greyjoy trying to rate his cocksmanship against Cersei's late husband and brother.2019 April 14, Alex McLevy, “Winter is Here on Game of Thrones’ Final Season Premiere (Newbies)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 18 Dec 2020

Origin of cocksmanship

From cocksman + -ship.

Questions about cocksmanship

What does cocksmanship mean?
Cocksmanship means stereotypically aggressive male behaviour.
What part of speech is cocksmanship?
Cocksmanship is a noun.

Words near cocksmanship in the dictionary

  1. cocksleeves
  2. cockslit
  3. cockslut
  4. cocksluts
  5. cocksman
  6. cocksmanship
  7. cocksmen
  8. cocksmith
  9. cocksmiths
  10. cocksock
  11. cocksocket

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