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A male bird, especially:

A valve or tap for controlling flow in plumbing.

The hammer of a firearm trigger mechanism.

The notch of an arrow or crossbow.

To lift the cock of a firearm or crossbow; to prepare (a gun or crossbow) to be fired.

To be prepared to be triggered by having the cock lifted.

Example: In the darkness, the gun cocked loudly.

To erect; to turn up.

To copulate with.

Expression of annoyance.

Example: 2006, "Vamp", oh cock i should have kept with a toyota! (on newsgroup uk.rec.cars.modifications)

(where it is still sometimes used) Vulva, vagina.

A small conical pile of hay.

Example: The farmhands stack the hay into cocks

To form into piles.

Abbreviation of cock-boat, a type of small boat.

A corruption of the word God, used in oaths.