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cocky

1

[ kok-ee ]

adjective

cockier, cockiest.
  1. arrogant; pertly self-assertive; conceited;

    He walked in with a cocky air.



cocky

2

[ kok-ee ]

noun

plural cockies.
  1. Australian.

cocky

3

[ kok-ee ]

verb (used without object)

Newfoundland.
cockied, cockying.

cocky

1

/ ˈɒɪ /

adjective

  1. excessively proud of oneself
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

cocky

2

/ ˈɒɪ /

noun

  1. short for cockatoo
  2. a farmer whose farm is regarded as small or of little account
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈdz쾱, adverb
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • dzi· adverb
  • dzi·Ա noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of cocky1

First recorded in 1540–50; cock 1 + -y 1

Origin of cocky2

First recorded in 1830–40; cock(atoo), cock(atiel) + -y 2

Origin of cocky3

Apparently a playful alteration, by association with cocky 1
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Inanely virtuous sisters are engaged to a pair of unrelated, inanely cocky bros.

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As the interview progressed, Costner asked Dowd, “with cocky assurance,” if she was going to play the interview tape for her girlfriends.

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"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."

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But Pacquiao had style and substance and a swagger that was somewhat more confidently good-natured than cocky.

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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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