Meanings
alternative cock-on
- UKinformalnot comparablePerformed well; excellent; exact; correct.
As a teenager I wanted a Sigma Wand, but I never got one. I'm definitely having one of these though. The new rod is cock-on!
2012 December 28, Dave Woodmansey, “Wand still waves its magic”, in Improve Your Coarse Fishing, number 266, Bauer Consumer Media, page 823 more examples
Chris has got it cock on, the only way to do it is by using a membraine. Rendering it both sides WILL NOT sort out the damp problem, no mater how much waterproofer you use.
2010 August 21, SB Plastering, “Re: Painting a rendered retaining garden wall.”, in Ultimate Handymanwhat I do is mix a small amount of fast set epoxi resin glue and hold the screen in place with fingers or blue tac, wait for the glue to start going stiff beffor I put a small dab on each end of the back of screen to mod, this way the glue wont run or capillary attract across the front surface, when satisfied ive got it cock on center, I can then seal the whole screen against the mod using the same method.
2015 September 26, davemaxx, “Up/down buttons and screen protection”, in Evolv DNA Forum, archived from the original on 29 Oct 2015One attempt, nearly there.... I gave up taking photos at this point but it took another two goes to get it 'cock-on'. Now tighten the three 13mm bolts so the outer cam pulley is locked back to the inner pulley.
2016 May 17, ct.p, “PD150 cambelt change, different to 1.8t?”, in UK-MKIVs.net
alternative cock-on
- UKinformalGood work; well done; excellent.
Cock-on mate well done!
2010 May 31, Aardvark101, “Indy 500 - Conway Crash”, in Photography on the Net1 more example
Cock on mate. These reports are a bit special
2011 November 5, Silent Hill, “Beelitz heilstatten REPORT 4 (honest ) - Chirurgie. IMAGE INTENSIVE!!!”, in Derelict PlacesSynonyms: well done
present singular third person cocks on · participle present cocking on · participle past cocked on · past cocked on · alternative cock-on
Synonyms & antonyms
interjectionGood work; well done; excellent.
verbTo exaggerate; to overcharge.
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with cock on
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