cock
Example Sentences
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To summon our waiter Steve from 10 yards away, all I had to do was cock my head in his direction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Another colleague from Burnham's first time round at Westminster says: "He'll have to go from cock of the north to national champion".
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
Thomas’ conversational exchange about “trying to play these boys the new cock robin” – a cock robin reportedly being old English slang for “someone who’s easily persuaded to follow the will of another.”
From Salon ● May 2, 2025
I try to remember some of the selfie tips and cock my head slightly to the right, like a dog who thinks he hears a treat bag opening three rooms away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 16, 2023
This time, I made sure to cock the hammer as Frankie had shown me.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
