Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cocks

/kɒks/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.46 in modern English

Syllables: cocks
IPA: /kɒks/

13

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of cock

name

A hamlet in Cornwall, England.

Countable; Uncountable

name

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

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

Etymology

The surname is a variant of Cox.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Cockses (plural)

Homonyms

cox

Rhymes With

box fox blocks rocks stocks socks locks cox sox knox knocks clocks

Questions

How do you pronounce cocks?: The recorded pronunciation is /kɒks/.
What does cocks mean?: plural of cock
Where does cocks come from?: The surname is a variant of Cox.

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