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cocky
What does cocky mean?
cocky (adjective): overly confident; arrogant and boastful.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use cocky in a sentence?
How do you pronounce cocky?
/ˈkɑki/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does cocky come from?
From cock (“male domestic chicken”) + -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense of ‘having the quality of’).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to cocky
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “cocky” mean?
having or giving off a high temperature
Not quite: that's what hot means.
first in a series of copies or versions
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of lesser importance or stature or rank
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overly confident; arrogant and boastful
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