cocky
(adjective) overly self-confident or self-assertive; “a very cocky young man”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
cocky (comparative cockier, superlative cockiest)
Overly confident; arrogant and boastful.
Synonym: Thesaurus:arrogant
cocky (plural cockies)
(chiefly, Britain, Ireland, colloquial, dated) Used as a term of endearment, originally for a person of either sex, but later primarily for a man.
cocky (plural cockies) (chiefly, Australia, New Zealand, informal)
A (familiar name for a) cockatoo.
(also, attributively) Short for cockatoo farmer; (by extension) any farmer or owner of rural land.
Synonyms: cockatoo, crofter
In New Zealand, cocky (sense 2) is often synonymous with sheep cocky (“a sheep farmer”), due to the relative importance of the industry.
cocky (third-person singular simple present cockies, present participle cockying, simple past and past participle cockied)
(intransitive, chiefly, Australia, informal, historical) To operate a small-scale farm.
Synonym: cockatoo
Source: Wiktionary
Cock"y, a. Etym: [See Cocket.]
Definition: Pert. [Slang]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
