cocks
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cocks¹
- /kɒks/
Sounds like cox · Rhymes with -ɒks
noun
- plural of cock If Mrs. Dyott was fond of ancient French furniture, and distinctly difficult about it, her inmates could be fond—with whatever critical cocks of charming dark-braided heads over slender sloping shoulders—of modern French authors.
verb
- third-person singular simple present indicative of cock
Cocks²
Where it comes from
The surname is a variant of Cox.
proper noun Cockses
- A hamlet in Cornwall, England.
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: rooster, ruffle, dick, prick, prance, pecker, shaft, turncock, stopcock, tool, strut, swagger, sashay, peter, wagtails, baa
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title = {cocks},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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