cocky.
Overly confident; arrogant and boastful.
Meaning & usage
Overly confident; arrogant and boastful.
Where this word comes from
From cock (“male domestic chicken”) + -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense of ‘having the quality of’).
Used as a term of endearment, originally for a person of either sex, but later primarily for a man.
Where this word comes from
From cock (“male domestic chicken”) + -y (diminutive suffix).
A familiar name for a cockatoo.
Clipping of cockatoo farmer (“small-scale farmer”); (by extension) any farmer or owner of rural land.
Where this word comes from
The noun is derived from cock(atoo) + -y (diminutive suffix). The verb is derived from the noun.
To operate a small-scale farm.
Where this word comes from
The noun is derived from cock(atoo) + -y (diminutive suffix). The verb is derived from the noun.
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