COCKERED

Verb

cockered

simple past tense and past participle of cocker

Anagrams

• decocker, recocked

Source: Wiktionary


COCKER

Cock"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cockered; p. pr. & vb. n. Cockering.] Etym: [OE. cokeren; cf. W. cocru to indulge, fondle, E. cock the bird, F. coqueliner to dandle (Cotgrave), to imitate the crow of a cock, to run after the girls, and E. cockle, v.]

Definition: Th treat with too great tenderness; to fondle; to indulge; to pamper. Cocker thy child and he shall make thee afraid. Ecclesiasticus xxx. 9. Poor folks cannot afford to cocker themselves up. J. Ingelow.

Cock"er, n. Etym: [From Cock the bird.]

1. One given to cockfighting. [Obs.] Steele.

2. (Zoƶl.)

Definition: A small dog of the spaniel kind, used for starting up woodcocks, etc.

Cock"er, n. Etym: [OE. coker qyiver, boot, AS. cocer quiver; akin to G. kƶcher quiver, and perh. originally meaning receptacle, holder. Cf. Quiver (for arrows).]

Definition: A rustic high shoe or half-boots. [Obs.] Drayton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

15 April 2025

DOOMED

(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; ā€œtheir business venture was doomed from the startā€; ā€œan ill-fated business ventureā€; ā€œan ill-starred romanceā€; ā€œthe unlucky prisoner was again put in ironsā€- W.H.Prescott


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