Cocker

From cock ("a male bird, esp. a rooster") and its derivative cocking ("the hunting of gamecocks")

Full definition of cocker

Noun

1. (dated) One who breeds gamecocks or arranges cockfights.
2. (dated) One who hunts gamecocks.
1. (colloquial) A cocker spaniel, either of two breeds of dogs originally bred for hunting gamecocks.

Derived terms

• cocker spaniel

From Middle English coker "a quiver, boot" from Old English cocer "quiver, case" from Proto-Germanic *kukur- ("container, case"). More at quiver.

Noun

1. A rustic high shoe, half-boots

Origin uncertain. Perhaps Old English cokeren; compare Welsh cocru ("to indulge, fondle"), French coqueliner ("to dandle, to imitate the crow of a cock, to run after the girls"), and English cockle and cock ("rooster; to spoil").

Verb

1. To make a nestle-cock of; to indulge or pamper (particularly of children)1611, King James Bible, Ecclesiasticus, xxx. 9
2. Cocker thy childe, and hee Å¿hall make thee afraid: play with him and he will bring thee to heauinesse.
• J. IngelowPoor folks cannot afford to cocker themselves up.

Derived terms

• cocker up