[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a male chicken; rooster .", "the male of any bird, especially a gallinaceous .", "Also called stopcock .a hand-operated valve or faucet, especially one opened or closed by rotating a cylindrical or tapered plug having part of the passage pierced through it from side to side.", "(in a firearm)the part of the lock that, by its fall or action, causes the discharge; hammer.the position into which the cock, or hammer, is brought by being drawn partly or completely back, preparatory to firing.", "the part of the lock that, by its fall or action, causes the discharge; hammer.", "the position into which the cock, or hammer, is brought by being drawn partly or completely back, preparatory to firing.", "Slang: Vulgar. penis .sexual relations with a man.", "penis .", "sexual relations with a man.", "a weathercock .", "a leader; chief person.", "Chiefly British Informal.pal; chum.", "British Slang.nonsense.", "Horology.a bracketlike plate holding bearings, supported at one end only.Compare bridge1(def17) bridge1(def17).", "Archaic.the time of the crowing of the cock; early in the morning; cockcrow."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to pull back and set the cock, or hammer, of (a firearm) preparatory to firing.", "to draw back in preparation for throwing or hitting:He cocked his bat and waited for the pitch.", "to set (a camera shutter or other mechanism) for tripping.Compare trip1(def28) trip1(def28)."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to cock the firing mechanism of a firearm."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to set or turn up or to one side, often in an assertive, jaunty, or significant manner:He cocked his eyebrow questioningly."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to stand or stick up conspicuously.", "Scot. and New England.to strut; swagger; put on airs of importance."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["the act of turning the head, a hat, etc., up or to one side in a jaunty or significant way.", "the position of anything thus placed."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a conical pile of hay, dung, etc."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to pile (hay, dung, etc.) in cocks."]}]