as in wise
displaying or marked by rude boldness
a cocky young actor who thought that he was God's gift to the theater
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But that doesn’t mean his players should get cocky.
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Joe Leydon, Variety, 30 Aug. 2024
Teague plays Jeff Shapiro, a cocky, risk-taking reporter for the Globe tabloid.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2024
His calls to his fellow Slough Housers go unanswered until Louisa (Harlots actress Rosalind Eleazar), always eager to take the mickey out of the cocky hacktivist, answers and explains that their boss, heavy-drinking, gas-passing Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman), lied to Roddy to get him out of his hair.
—Hayden Mears, TVLine, 4 Sep. 2024
His lengthy speeches and performative body language arrive out of step with the other performances — which favor a straddling of theatrics and subtlety — and derail the film’s emotional core at key times.
Ray Fisher as Lymon is the reserve to Boy Willie’s cocky.
—Caleb Hammond, IndieWire, 1 Sep. 2024
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Joe Leydon, Variety, 30 Aug. 2024
Teague plays Jeff Shapiro, a cocky, risk-taking reporter for the Globe tabloid.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2024
His calls to his fellow Slough Housers go unanswered until Louisa (Harlots actress Rosalind Eleazar), always eager to take the mickey out of the cocky hacktivist, answers and explains that their boss, heavy-drinking, gas-passing Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman), lied to Roddy to get him out of his hair.
—Hayden Mears, TVLine, 4 Sep. 2024
His lengthy speeches and performative body language arrive out of step with the other performances — which favor a straddling of theatrics and subtlety — and derail the film’s emotional core at key times.
Ray Fisher as Lymon is the reserve to Boy Willie’s cocky.
—Caleb Hammond, IndieWire, 1 Sep. 2024
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“Cocky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cocky. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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