Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cocked

/kɑkt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.93 in modern English

Syllables: cocked
IPA: /kɑkt/

15

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Informal

adj

Having a specified form of penis or a specific number of penises.

Slang

adj

Of a firearm or crossbow; to have the cock lifted or prepared to be fired.

adj

Of a die: having landed in a tilted position, rather than flat.

adj

slanted or tipped.

verb

simple past and past participle of cock

Example Sentences

"He is totally cocked right now, about thirteen beers into his 12-pack."
"The large-cocked pornstar came into shot."
"She was now standing arms akimbo, her shoulders drooping a little, her head cocked to one side, her glasses winking in the sunlight. We knew she wore a grin of the uttermost wickedness."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /kɑkt/
British English: /kɒkt/

Usage

Phrases

cocked die cocked hat cocked-up go off half-cocked half-cocked

Synonyms

Adrian Quist adrip aled up all mops and brooms arseholed a sheet in the wind a sheet in the wind's eye bedrunken befuddled beliquored besotted besotten

Homonyms

caulked (cot–caught merger)

Rhymes With

locked blocked shocked knocked unlocked rocked stocked mocked docked clocked flocked concoct

Questions

How do you pronounce cocked?: The recorded pronunciation is /kɑkt/.
What does cocked mean?: Drunk.

How to pronounce cocked

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