cock

Hen's noisy mate

A cock is a rooster—the adult male of domestic fowl.

The word appears in compounds like cockfight, cockcrow, and cockerel (a young rooster).

Cock also means a device for controlling liquid flow (a stopcock), or a slight tilt: the cock of his hat.

The verb cock means to tilt or prepare: cock a gun, cock an eyebrow.

If you cock up (British), you make a serious mistake.

Cock is also vulgar slang for a penis, which makes the word ripe for double entendre and has gradually displaced its innocent uses in American speech.

vulgar

prick

Pierce lightly with point

dickVulgar anatomical slang
phallusMale organ symbol
dongLow bell tone

pecker · wiener · johnson · member · manhood · shaft · peter · willie · knob · schlong

rooster

hen

Female fowl

chickYoung bird, especially poultry
combToothed grooming implement
wattleHanging throat skin

crowing · crow · strut · spur · gamecock · bantam · cockerel · chanticleer · henhouse · pecking

faucet

stopcock

Valve controlling fluid passage

valveFluid flow controller
spigotLiquid flow controller
tapValve controlling liquid flow

petcock · shutoff · plumbing · turn · handle · flow · water · pressure · drain · pipe

firearm

hammer

Tool for striking nails

triggerWhat initiates action
pistolCompact one-handed firearm
gunProjectile-launching weapon

revolver · flintlock · firing · loaded · ready · halfcock · misfire · discharge · prime · musket

tilt

angle

Geometric measure of rotation

leanLacking fat; incline
slantOblique angle or bias
tipEnd or gratuity

raise · jaunty · askew · perk · upward · sideways · hat · head · ear · eyebrow

cock

prick

hen

stopcock

hammer

angle

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