cocker

¹

[ kok-er ]

noun

1. cocker spaniel.

cocker

²

[ kok-er ]

noun

1. a person who promotes or patronizes cockfights.

cocker

³

[ kok-er ]

verb (used with object)

1. to pamper:

   to cocker a child.

cocker

¹

/ ˈkɒkə /

noun

1. a devotee of cockfighting
2. See cocker spaniel
   short for cocker spaniel

cocker

²

/ ˈkɒkə /

verb

1. rare.
   tr to pamper or spoil by indulgence

noun

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

Cocker

³

/ ˈkɒkə /

noun

1. according to Cocker
   according to Cocker reliable or reliably; correct or correctly

Word History and Origins

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of cocker¹

C15: perhaps from cock ¹with the sense: to make a cock (i.e. pet) of

Origin of cocker²

from Edward Cocker (1631–75), English arithmetician

Example Sentences

But Cocker proved to be a survivor, bringing his passionate persona to concert halls around the world decade after decade.

From The Daily Beast

How fitting that Joe Cocker would get a little help from his friend Billy Joel.

From The Daily Beast

Cocker, for his part, worked briefly as an apprentice gasfitter but decided to take the plunge into the world of commercial music.

From The Daily Beast

When Cocker took on board the black American ethos, he turned it into something completely different.

From The Daily Beast

But, strange to say, Cocker never got inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

From The Daily Beast

Although Aubrey Herbert is excessively unorthodox he quite sees that confabs with enemies must be carried out according to Cocker.

From Project Gutenberg

I know a fool of a dog who pretends that he is a Cocker Spaniel, and is convinced that the world revolves round him wonderingly.

From Project Gutenberg

Cocker spaniel Stein was never out of reach, or sight, and gave me the little attention I wanted.

From Project Gutenberg

And then the wisdom of the West came to him, as epitomized by Cocker along the lines laid down by Solomon.

From Project Gutenberg

But he had a good-looking eye; he had good sound feet; good bone, though his tail was hardly up to Cocker.

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