Main Entry: ¹cock

Pronunciation: \ˈkäk\

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle English cok, from Old English cocc, of imitative origin

Date: before 12th century

1 a : the adult male of the domestic chicken (Gallus gallus) b : the male of birds other than the domestic chicken c : woodcock d archaic : the crowing of a cock; also : cockcrow e : weathercock
2 : a device (as a faucet or valve) for regulating the flow of a liquid
3 a : a chief person : leader b : a person of spirit and often of a certain swagger or arrogance
4 a : the hammer in the lock of a firearm b : the cocked position of the hammer
5 usually vulgar : penis

— cock of the walk : one that dominates a group or situation especially overbearingly