acock

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/əˈkɒk/

adverb

In a cocked or turned-up fashion.

OriginEnglish cock ← Middle English cok ← Old English cocc →
Scrabble 13
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Meanings

acock1

adverb
  1. In a cocked or turned-up fashion.

    He gave a sharp whistle, the Bear stopped every move, and, as he stood with ears acock, the man fired at his head.

    1900, Ernest Thompson Seton, The Biography of a Grizzly: And 75 Drawings, page 85
  2. Defiantly.

Acock2

proper noun
  1. A surname.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂en-
  2. Proto-Germanic*an
  3. Proto-West Germanic*ana
  4. Old Englishon
  5. Middle Englishan
  6. Middle Englisha-
  7. Englisha-
  8. Proto-Germanic*keukô
  9. Proto-Germanic*kukkaz
  10. Proto-West Germanic*kokk
  11. Old Englishcocc
  12. Middle Englishcok
  13. Englishcock
  14. Englishacock

From a- + cock.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with acock

stockblockdocclocklockshockprocbangkokocsocunlockdockknocksockmockflockbrockrocblocbaroquelockelochVOCwok
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Cite this entry
APA

acock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acock

MLA

“acock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acock. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “acock,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acock.

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