cocker
cock·er 1
(kŏk′ər)n.
1. A cocker spaniel.
2.
a. A person who keeps or trains gamecocks.
b. A person who promotes or attends cockfights.
cock·er 2
(kŏk′ər)tr.v. cock·ered, cock·er·ing, cock·ers
To pamper, spoil, or coddle.
[Middle English cokeren.]
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cocker
(ˈkɒkə)n
1. (Gambling, except Cards) a devotee of cockfighting
cocker
(ˈkɒkə)vb
(tr) rare to pamper or spoil by indulgence
n
informal Brit a mate (esp in the phrase old cocker)
[C15: perhaps from cock1 with the sense: to make a cock (i.e. pet) of]
Cocker
(ˈkɒkə)n
according to Cocker reliable or reliably; correct or correctly
[from Edward Cocker (1631–75), English arithmetician]
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cock•er1
(ˈkɒk ər)n.
[1805–15; (wood) cock + -er1, i.e., woodcock starter]
cock•er2
(ˈkɒk ər)n.
a person who promotes or patronizes cockfights.
cock•er3
(ˈkɒk ər)v.t.
to pamper: to cocker a child.
[1495–1505; orig. uncertain]
Cocker
(ˈkɒk ər)n.
Joe (Robert John), born 1944, English blues and rock singer and musician.
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cocker
Past participle: cockered
Gerund: cockering
| Imperative |
|---|
| cocker |
| cocker |
| Present |
|---|
| I cocker |
| you cocker |
| he/she/it cockers |
| we cocker |
| you cocker |
| they cocker |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I cockered |
| you cockered |
| he/she/it cockered |
| we cockered |
| you cockered |
| they cockered |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am cockering |
| you are cockering |
| he/she/it is cockering |
| we are cockering |
| you are cockering |
| they are cockering |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have cockered |
| you have cockered |
| he/she/it has cockered |
| we have cockered |
| you have cockered |
| they have cockered |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was cockering |
| you were cockering |
| he/she/it was cockering |
| we were cockering |
| you were cockering |
| they were cockering |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had cockered |
| you had cockered |
| he/she/it had cockered |
| we had cockered |
| you had cockered |
| they had cockered |
| Future |
|---|
| I will cocker |
| you will cocker |
| he/she/it will cocker |
| we will cocker |
| you will cocker |
| they will cocker |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have cockered |
| you will have cockered |
| he/she/it will have cockered |
| we will have cockered |
| you will have cockered |
| they will have cockered |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be cockering |
| you will be cockering |
| he/she/it will be cockering |
| we will be cockering |
| you will be cockering |
| they will be cockering |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been cockering |
| you have been cockering |
| he/she/it has been cockering |
| we have been cockering |
| you have been cockering |
| they have been cockering |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been cockering |
| you will have been cockering |
| he/she/it will have been cockering |
| we will have been cockering |
| you will have been cockering |
| they will have been cockering |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been cockering |
| you had been cockering |
| he/she/it had been cockering |
| we had been cockering |
| you had been cockering |
| they had been cockering |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would cocker |
| you would cocker |
| he/she/it would cocker |
| we would cocker |
| you would cocker |
| they would cocker |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have cockered |
| you would have cockered |
| he/she/it would have cockered |
| we would have cockered |
| you would have cockered |
| they would have cockered |
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Translations
cocker
[ˈkɒkəʳ] N (also cocker spaniel) → cocker m
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cocker
n (also cocker spaniel) → Cocker(spaniel) m
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cocker
[ˈkɒkeʳ] n (also cocker spaniel) → cocker (spaniel) m inv
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