Cock is most often used to refer to either birds or guns. A cock is a rooster, but it's also the hammer on a gun that you adjust so you can fire it.
You might hear the word cock used to mean "penis," but that's a vulgar form of the word, so be sure you're in the right company if you opt to use it. A cock is a male bird, particularly a rooster. When you cock a gun, you are tilting it in a particular direction. When you cock a gun, you raise its cock to make it ready for firing. When you cock something in a certain direction, you are tilting it that way.
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adult male chicken
to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
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set the trigger of a firearm back for firing
the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled
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faucet consisting of a rotating device for regulating flow of a liquid
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tilt or slant to one side
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obscene terms for penis
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