Cock may refer to:

• A vulgar slang for the penis.
• A male chicken. See Rooster for more information. This is the original meaning.
  • Cockfighting, a sport in which two male chickens are made to fight one another for dominance
  • The word rooster for a male chicken arose, especially in the USA, as a euphemism for cock, to avoid the vulgarism above for penis
• In ornithologist's usage, a male bird (a female is a "hen")
• a type of tap, faucet or valve
  • Steam cock, is a drain valve on a steam engine cylinder
  • Bibcock, a small type of valve
  • Sample cock, small valve fitted in breweries and other process industries to check the product during manufacture
  • Stopcock to turn off the mains supply of water to a house. A Stopcock is also used in chemistry, the valve on a titration tube is called a stopcock
  • Petcock, a small valve, primarily for draining liquid or releasing pressure from a vessel
  • The shape and function of the type of mechanism called the cock, and the male symbolism of the rooster, gives this term double reinforcement
  • This is occasionally used for a hateful man, similar to dick, prick, or the feminine cunt
  • "Dog's cock" is printer's slang for exclamation mark
• A part of a clock or watch used to support an outrigger bearing for a gear or lever
  • Balance cock, supports the balance wheel in a watch
  • Fly cock, supports the fly on a bracket clock
• A state of the hammer in a firearm. A gun may be "cocked" in readiness for firing. Flintlocks usually have two "cocked" positions, the first of which (half-cock) enables priming, but keeps the trigger locked. This is the origin of the term "going off at half cock" or "going off half-cocked", which describes premature firing
• An alternative name for a shuttlecock
• The NATO reporting name of the Antonov An-22

See also

• Cock (surname)
• Caulk

plumbing | Profanity

Hahn | Coq (homonymie)