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• cocker
  cocker

  noun

  cocker spaniel.
• Cocker
  Cocker

  noun

  reliable or reliably; correct or correctly

cocker

¹ American  

[kok-er] / ˈkɒk ər /

noun

1. cocker spaniel.

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cocker ² American  

[kok-er] / ˈkɒk ər /

noun

1. a person who promotes or patronizes cockfights.

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cocker ³ American  

[kok-er] / ˈkɒk ər /

verb (used with object)

cockers, present (3rd person singular) cockered, past participle, past cockering present participle

1. to pamper.

   to cocker a child.

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cocker ¹ British  

/ ˈkɒkə /

noun

1. a devotee of cockfighting

2. short for cocker spaniel

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cocker ² British  

/ ˈkɒkə /

verb

1. rare (tr) to pamper or spoil by indulgence

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noun

1. informal a mate (esp in the phrase old cocker )

Cocker ³ British  

/ ˈkɒkə /

noun

1. reliable or reliably; correct or correctly

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Other Word Forms

Conjugated Forms

Present

• has cockered
  perfect 3rd person singular
• have cockered
  perfect
• have been cockering
  perfect progressive
• am cockering
  progressive 1st person singular
• are cockering
  progressive
• has been cockering
  perfect progressive 3rd person singular
• cockering
  participle
• is cockering
  progressive 3rd person singular
• cockers
  singular 3rd person

Past

• had cockered
  perfect
• were cockering
  progressive plural
• cockered
  simple
• was cockering
  progressive singular
• had been cockering
  perfect progressive
• cockered
  participle

Future

• will cocker
  simple
• will have cockered
  perfect
• will have been cockering
  perfect progressive
• will be cockering
  progressive

Etymology

Origin of cocker¹

First recorded in 1790–1800; extended sense of cocker ² ( def. )

Origin of cocker²

First recorded in 1650–60; (game)cock + -er ¹, that is, gamecock fancier

Origin of cocker³

First recorded in 1400–1450; origin uncertain