Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb & adjective In a cocked position.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a cocked manner: as, he set his hat acock.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a cocked or turned up fashion.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
cocked orturned -up fashion. - adverb
defiantly
Etymologies
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Examples
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There's been acock-up andBalls should take responsibility
There's been a cock-up and Balls should take responsibility 2008
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There's been acock-up andBalls should take responsibility
There's been a cock-up and Balls should take responsibility 2008
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The sound of the "Blue Danube" was making her eyes bright and setting her small head acock, and a proud but modest knowledge of how more than one man was waiting for her in there and would be pleased and confused by her kind mockery, twisted her mouth with the crooked smile of the Campbells.
The Judge Rebecca West 1937
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Johnny obediently waited; but he wanted to _see_, so he sat up on his hind legs with eyes agog and ears acock.
Johnny Bear And Other Stories from Lives of the Hunted Ernest Thompson Seton 1903
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He gave a sharp whistle, the Bear stopped every move, and, as he stood with ears acock, the man fired at his head.
The Biography of a Grizzly Ernest Thompson Seton 1903
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He gave a sharp whistle, the Bear stopped every move, and, as he stood with ears acock, the man fired at his head.
The Biography of a Grizzly Ernest Thompson Seton 1903
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Maurice is the first to finish, standing a moment to light his pipe, his hat acock; then he is gone.
The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls John Van Vorst 1900
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Trigger and ear and eye acock, knit brow and hard-drawn lips --
Verses 1889-1896 Rudyard Kipling 1900
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Trigger and ear and eye acock, knit brow and hard-drawn lips --
The Seven Seas Rudyard Kipling 1900
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P.tty P.acock, who, with husband, Ken, owns J.P. Express Food Store at 1928 Broadway, has been making jewelry, Christmas ornaments and various trinkets from what she calls Ike Oak.
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