cock 1 of 4

as in valve
a fixture for controlling the flow of a liquid an automobile radiator cock

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cock

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verb

as in to slope
to set or cause to be at an angle cocked his head to the side as he listened to her quizzically

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cock

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noun (2)

as in tilt
the act of positioning or an instance of being positioned at an angle a slight cock of his head suggested that he was listening in on our conversation

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cock

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noun (3)

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Noun
The story is told from Dah’s perspective, as Jocelyn—who displays a quasi-mystical rapport with fighting cocks—suffers an emotional breakdown, putting their business and their lives in danger. The New Yorker, 26 July 2024 The former became fighting cocks and the latter became sows. Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 6 June 2023
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While his bandmates pranced around the stage with black dildos bobbing from their noses and top hats jauntily cocked, Forrest would open the show in a Joker-esque getup, holding a flaming Bible. Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 8 June 2025 Like the self-portrait, Ezekiel’s sculpture portrays Titian with his head cocked toward his right shoulder, a lapel tucked underneath his coat, chains hanging around his neck, and his long beard and skullcap. Samantha Baskind, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for cock
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Verb
  • The vineyard is steeply sloped in spots, and Casanueva thinks the top part might be ideal for merlot.
    Laura Ness, Mercury News, 28 Sep. 2025
  • However, beginning in mid-2023, when PSX finally stopped moving lower and began to rally, those same averages flipped from sloping down to sloping up.
    Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2025
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  • The screenwriter, Nora Garrett, has achieved an amusingly florid Hollywood simulacrum—one that tilts into knowing parody—of an intensely self-regarding world.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Something, the researchers said, must be disturbing these orbits and tilting them.
    Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • All this time the second buck was angling up to my left on a dead run, headed straight for Sally.
    Robert Merchant, Outdoor Life, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Tweens and teens not angling for a spin around the ice skating rink can hit The Hawk’s Nest, a new club with arcade games, a light-up dance floor, and non-alcoholic beverages, while the adults pick between the many bars, restaurants, and fire pits dotting the village.
    Grace Bastidas, Parents, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Game 2 will tip off on Sunday afternoon in Las Vegas.
    Ben Pickman, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Longtime Pegram resident Amber Dorton Covington says a friend tipped her off about the movie’s connection to her hometown, though few things in the film reminded her of home.
    Katie Nixon, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025
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  • Home Depot’s Headliners Big-box retailers are leaning into the trend.
    Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Lady Gaga, Mayhem Gaga leaned hard into her own history on Mayhem, a record many considered a return to her dance-pop roots.
    Maura Johnston, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025

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“Cock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cock. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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