Cocky

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• cocky — cocky·ol·ly; pea·cocky; cocky; cocky·oly; …   English syllables

• Cocky — may mean: boldly or brashly self confident Australian slang for cockatoo Australian and New Zealand slang for farmer Cocky (mascot), the mascot for the University of South Carolina athletics teams, a stylised gamecock Cocky (album), by Kid Rock… …   Wikipedia

• Cocky — Cock y, a. [See {Cocket}.] Pert. [Slang] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• cocky — arrogantly pert, 1768; originally lecherous (1540s); from COCK (Cf. cock) (n.1) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Related: Cockiness …   Etymology dictionary

• cocky — / cocksure [adj] self assured, full of oneself arrogant, brash, bumptious, certain, conceited, confident, egotistical, hotdogging*, hotshot*, hubristic, know it all*, lordly, nervy, overconfident, overweening, positive, presumptuous, self… …   New thesaurus

• cocky — ► ADJECTIVE (cockier, cockiest) ▪ conceited in a bold or cheeky way. DERIVATIVES cockily adverb cockiness noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «lecherous»: from COCK(Cf. ↑cock) …   English terms dictionary

• cocky — [käk′ē] adj. cockier, cockiest [< COCK1 + Y2] Informal jauntily conceited or overbearing; self confident in an aggressive or swaggering way …   English World dictionary

• cocky — I. /ˈkɒki / (say kokee) adjective (cockier, cockiest) Colloquial arrogantly smart; pertly self assertive; conceited: a cocky fellow; a cocky air; a cocky answer. {cock1 + y1} –cockily, adverb –cockiness, noun II …  

• cocky —    A diminutive of ‘cock’, used as an endearment or friendly term of address. The Oxford English Dictionary cites vocative usage in William Congreve’s The Old Bachelor (1687): ‘Nay, look you now, if she does not weep; ‘tis the fondest fool! Nay,… …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

• cocky — 1. noun a) Abbreviation of cockatoo, especially when talking to such a bird, as in hello cocky . 2005: Visit the local store at Coles Bay and youre greeted by a talking cocky called Jim. mdash; , The World Today program, Town seeks environmental… …   Wiktionary