Meanings
cocket1
plural cockets
- UKobsoleteAn office in a customhouse where goods intended for export are entered.
cocket2
comparative more cocket · superlative most cocket
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivepert; saucy
Origin
cocket · noun
- Latinquo quietus
- Middle Englishcoket
- Englishcocket
From Middle English coket, possibly from Latin quo quietus.
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- Frenchcoquet“coquettish”
- Englishcocket
From French coquet (“coquettish”).
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
cocket. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cocket
“cocket.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cocket. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cocket,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cocket.
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