Collins English-English Dictionary

cock [kɑk]

1. 1. n the male of the domestic fowl

2. 2. n any other male bird

3. 3. n the male of certain other animals, such as the lobster

4. 4. n (as modifier)

   a cock sparrow

5. 5. n short for stopcock

6. 6. n a taboo slang word for penis

7. 7. n the hammer of a firearm

8. 8. n its position when the firearm is ready to be discharged

9. 9. n [Brit] [informal] a friend, mate, or fellow

10. 10. n a jaunty or significant tilting or turning upwards

    a cock of the head

11. 11. n [Brit] [informal] nonsense

12. 12. vt. [tr] to set the firing pin, hammer, or breech block of (a firearm) so that a pull on the trigger will release it and thus fire the weapon

13. 13. vt. [tr] to set the shutter mechanism of (a camera) so that the shutter can be tripped by pressing the shutter-release button

14. 14. vt. [tr; sometimes foll by up] to raise in an alert or jaunty manner

15. 15. vi. [intr] to stick or stand up conspicuously

16. 16. vi. See also cockup

17. 17. vi. [Etymology] Old English cocc (referring to the male fowl; the development of C15 sense spout, tap, and other transferred senses is not clear), ultimately of imitative origin; related to Old Norse kokkr, French coq, Late Latin coccus

cock [kɑk]

1. 1. n a small, cone-shaped heap of hay, straw, etc

2. 2. vt. [tr] to stack (hay, straw, etc) in such heaps

3. 3. vt. [Etymology] C14 (in Old English, cocc is attested in place names): perhaps of Scandinavian origin; compare Norwegian kok, Danish dialect kok