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cocky

Pronunciation: /ˈkɒki/

The English word “cocky” has 4 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Overly confident; arrogant and boastful.

noun

  1. Used as a term of endearment, originally for a person of either sex, but later primarily for a man.
  2. A familiar name for a cockatoo.

verb

  1. To operate a small-scale farm.

Etymology

From cock (“male domestic chicken”) + -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense of ‘having the quality of’).

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