COCKS Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

cocks 1 of 4

noun (1)

plural of cock

as in valves

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

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cocks

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noun (2)

plural of cock

as in piles

a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another a cock of hay

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cocks

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noun (3)

plural of cock

as in tilts

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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cocks

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verb

present tense third-person singular of cock

as in slopes

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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Noun

The two valves must then pass one another midway through their strokes, briefly deforming to squeeze past each other before resuming their pumping roles.

— Mike McRae October 12, New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2026
City crews are pumping out water on the streets, rebuilding beach berms and opening tide valves to help mitigate water intrusion.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026

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Noun

The Rest and Relax Inn in Pensacola, Florida, was surrounded by piles of debris after it was stripped of roofing materials during a heavy hit from the hurricane last night.

— Erika Angulo, NBC news, 11 Oct. 2026
Pictures show divers working among piles of ancient pottery, with ceramic plates and bowls scattered across the sandy seabed.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of piles

Noun

Sanders’ record over his last 16 tilts against Power 4 foes is … 3-13.

— Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 7 Oct. 2026
Rybakina and Sabalenka know each other’s games well, having previously met 17 times on the WTA Tour, with Rybakina winning the last two tilts – earning the Australian Open and WTA Finals titles.

— Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of tilts

Verb

The rest of the Cambria isn’t bad, either, including the shops and galleries along Main Street (which is deceptively long) and the piney slopes above.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
In rivers and streams in Virginia and Maryland, Hack measured the length of each stream and the area of the land that slopes toward that stream and therefore drains into it, called its basin or drainage area.

— Natalie Wolchover, Quanta Magazine, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of slopes

Noun

Improvements can even open new uses for electronics Benoit Lessard’s research group at the University of Ottawa is exploring different materials that can serve as the base layer for these conducting stacks, known as thin-film transistors.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
With traditional debt tightening, developers have faced pressure to scale back projects or rethink their capital stacks entirely.

— Jill Jones, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of stacks

Verb

Adapting to the 20,000-seat Garden, Styles’s stage is a more streamlined semi-circle that still angles for maximum access, plus a little pop.

— Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, 28 Aug. 2026
Outdoor curtains lend some privacy while providing a bit of shade when the sun angles in at sunrise and sunset.

— Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 23 June 2026

Definition of angles

Noun

Bogs tend to keep their secrets low to the ground, where colors shift by inches and boundaries blur in gradients of tiny mounds of moss and sedges emerging from pools.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
In 1900, an archaeologist documented 51 Native American mounds at what’s now Casper Bluff Land and Water Reserve, 5 miles outside Galena.

— Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 14 Oct. 2026

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