- A male Chicken . See Rooster for more information. This is the original meaning.
- --- Cockfight ing is a Sport in which two male chickens are made to fight one another for dominance.
- ---The word ''rooster'' for a male chicken arose, especially in the USA , as a Euphemism for ''cock'', to avoid the vulgarism below for ''penis''.
- In Ornithologist 's usage a Male Bird (a female is a " Hen ").
- a type of Tap , faucet or Valve .
- ---Steam cock, is a drain valve on a Steam Engine cylinder.
- --- Bibcock , a small type of valve.
- --- Sample Cock , small valve fitted in brewerys and other process industries to check the product during manufacture.
- --- Stopcock to turn off the mains supply of water to a house. A Stopcock is also used in chemistry, the valve on a titration tube is called a stopcock.
- --- Petcock , a small valve, primarily for draining liquid or releasing pressure from a vessel.
- A Vulgarism for the Penis .
- ---The shape and function of the type of mechanism called the cock, and the male symbolism of the rooster, gives this term double reinforcement.
- ---This is occasionally used for a hateful man, similar to Dick , Prick , or the feminine Cunt .
- ---"Dog's cock" is printer's slang for Exclamation Mark .
- A part of a Clock or Watch used to support an outrigger bearing for a gear or lever. It is green in the image.
- ---Balance cock, supports the Balance Wheel in a watch.
- ---Fly cock, supports the fly on a Bracket Clock .
- A state of the hammer in a Firearm . A gun may be "cocked" in readiness for firing. Flintlock s usually have two "cocked" positions, the first of which (half-cock) enables priming, but keeps the trigger locked. This is the origin of the term "going off at half cock" or "going off half-cocked", which describes premature firing.
- An alternative name for a Shuttlecock .
- The NATO Reporting Name of the Antonov An-22 .
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