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cocking 音标拼音: [k'ɑkɪŋ] 开跨接 开跨接 Cock \ Cock\ ( k[ o^] k), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Cocked} ( k[ o^] kt); p. pr. & vb. n. { Cocking}.] [ Cf. Gael. coc to cock.] 1. To set erect; to turn up. [ 1913 Webster] Our Lightfoot barks, and cocks his ears. -- Gay. [ 1913 Webster] Dick would cock his nose in scorn. -- Swift. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To shape, as a hat, by turning up the brim. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To set on one side in a pert or jaunty manner. [ 1913 Webster] They cocked their hats in each other' s faces. -- Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To turn ( the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid, as an expression of derision or insinuation. [ 1913 Webster] { Cocked hat}. ( a) A hat with large, stiff flaps turned up to a peaked crown, thus making its form triangular; -- called also { three- cornered hat}. ( b) A game similar to ninepins, except that only three pins are used, which are set up at the angles of a triangle. [ 1913 Webster]
Cocking \ Cock" ing\, n. Cockfighting. -- Ben Jonson. [ 1913 Webster]
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