To lift the cock of a firearm or crossbow; to prepare (a gun or crossbow) to be fired.
To be prepared to be triggered by having the cock lifted.
In the darkness, the gun cocked loudly.
To erect; to turn up.
To copulate with.
To turn or twist something upwards or to one side; to lift or tilt (e.g. headwear) boastfully.
He cocked his hat jauntily.
To turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid, as an expression of derision or insinuation.
To strut; to swagger; to look big, pert, or menacing.
To make a nestle-cock of, to pamper or spoil (of children)
To form into piles.