cock: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 12 letter points · starts with C · ends with K
Meaning of cock
noun
- countable, uncountable
A male bird, especially: A rooster: a male gallinaceous bird, especially a male domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus).
- countable, uncountable
A male bird, especially: A cock pigeon.
- countable, uncountable
A valve or tap for controlling flow in plumbing.
- countable, uncountable
The hammer of a firearm trigger mechanism.
Listed forms: cocks.
Source: Wiktionary — cock.
verb
- ambitransitive
To lift the cock of a firearm or crossbow; to prepare (a gun or crossbow) to be fired.
- intransitive
To be prepared to be triggered by having the cock lifted.
Example: In the darkness, the gun cocked loudly.
- transitive
To erect; to turn up.
- Ireland, UK, slang, transitive
To copulate with; (by extension, as with fuck) to mess up, to damage, to destroy.
Listed forms: cocks, cocking, cocked.
Source: Wiktionary — cock.
intj
- Ireland, UK, slang
Expression of annoyance.
Source: Wiktionary — cock.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for cock.
noun
obscene terms for penis
noun
faucet consisting of a rotating device for regulating flow of a liquid
- stopcock
- turncock
noun
the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled
noun
adult male chicken
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is cock in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of cock
C(3) + O(1) + C(3) + K(5) = 12 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of cock
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from cock
2 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in cock. Showing up to 24, longest first.