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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)

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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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

Example Sentences

This is Patrice Kerrigan and her two-year-old cocker spaniel Russell's department.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

Part of the accusation was aimed at a cocker spaniel the Nixons were given by a supporter that his six-year-old daughter Tricia had named Checkers.

From Salon • May 8, 2026

Your cocker spaniel could have won the NFC East.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026

The couple, from Tonypandy, Rhondda Cynon Taf, brought Leah's mum's cockapoo Bear and her brother's cocker spaniel Lola to Henrhyd Falls.

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2025

We both dug, with him going double fast to embarrass me into doing it better, till we had a hole big enough to fit a cocker spaniel.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri