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cocker
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4 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. cocker
  2. cocker spaniel
  3. English cocker spaniel
  4. self-cocker

1cock·er

transitive verb \ˈkä-kər\

Definition of COCKER

: indulge, pamper

Examples of COCKER

  1. <overjoyed to be parents at last, they will likely cocker that child shamelessly>

Origin of COCKER

Middle English cokeren
First Known Use: 15th century

Related to COCKER

Synonyms
baby, coddle, cosset, dandle, indulge, mollycoddle, nurse, pamper, spoil, wet-nurse
Antonyms
abuse, ill-treat, ill-use, maltreat, manhandle, mishandle, mistreat, misuse

Rhymes with COCKER

blocker, clocker, docker, hocker, knocker, locker, makar, mocker, rocker, shocker, soccer, stocker

2cocker

noun

Definition of COCKER

: a keeper or handler of fighting cocks

First Known Use of COCKER

1689

Rhymes with COCKER

blocker, clocker, docker, hocker, mocker

3cocker

noun

Definition of COCKER

: cocker spaniel

First Known Use of COCKER

circa 1811

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