cocks

C3O1C3K5S1
/kɒks/

proper noun

A hamlet in Cornwall, England.

CommonScrabble 13

Meanings

cocks1

noun
  1. pluralplural of cock

    The guests run hands over twitching boys, suck their cocks, hang on their backs like vampires.

    1962 [1959], William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch, New York: Grove Press, page 80
    1 more example

    If Mrs. Dyott was fond of ancient French furniture, and distinctly difficult about it, her inmates could be fond—with whatever critical cocks of charming dark-braided heads over slender sloping shoulders—of modern French authors.

    1901, Henry James, The Story in It
verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of cock

Cocks2

proper nounCocks (countable and uncountable, plural Cockses)

plural Cockses

  1. countableuncountableA hamlet in Cornwall, England.
  2. countableuncountableA surname.

Origin

The surname is a variant of Cox.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

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MLA

“cocks.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cocks. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cocks,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cocks.

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