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cocky
1[ kok-ee ]
cocky
2[ kok-ee ]
noun
- Australian.
cocky
3[ kok-ee ]
verb (used without object)
cocky
1/ ˈɒɪ /
adjective
- excessively proud of oneself
cocky
2/ ˈɒɪ /
noun
- short for cockatoo
- a farmer whose farm is regarded as small or of little account
Derived Forms
- ˈdz쾱, adverb
Other 51Թ Forms
- dzi· adverb
- dzi·Ա noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of cocky2
Example Sentences
Inanely virtuous sisters are engaged to a pair of unrelated, inanely cocky bros.
As the interview progressed, Costner asked Dowd, “with cocky assurance,” if she was going to play the interview tape for her girlfriends.
"I always appeared cocky and self-assured," she said, "but to be invited to Downing Street for something so historically important was quite a formidable experience for me."
But Pacquiao had style and substance and a swagger that was somewhat more confidently good-natured than cocky.
The victims' families called him a "cocky teenage boy" who was showing off and urged others "not to be that driver who shows such disregard for their friends' lives".
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