as in to slope
to set or cause to be at an angle
cocked his head to the side as he listened to her quizzically
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as in pile
a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another
a cock of hay
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Recent Examples of cock
Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 8 June 2025
Like the self-portrait, Ezekiel’s sculpture portrays Titian with his head cocked toward his right shoulder, a lapel tucked underneath his coat, chains hanging around his neck, and his long beard and skullcap.
—Samantha Baskind, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 May 2025
The New Yorker, 26 July 2024
The former became fighting cocks and the latter became sows.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 6 June 2023
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While his bandmates pranced around the stage with black dildos bobbing from their noses and top hats jauntily cocked, Forrest would open the show in a Joker-esque getup, holding a flaming Bible.
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The story is told from Dah’s perspective, as Jocelyn—who displays a quasi-mystical rapport with fighting cocks—suffers an emotional breakdown, putting their business and their lives in danger.
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In Eaton Canyon, gently sloping trails lead to a waterfall tucked away in the forest.—
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The property abuts a sloping canyon.—
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Most notably, the Sabres held on when the ice was tilted in their direction clinging to a one-goal lead in the third period.—
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The robot uses a stable, wheeled base inspired by robot vacuums, paired with a tilting torso and two articulated arms.—
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In a conventional turbine, blades are angled to deflect fluid flow and convert kinetic energy into mechanical work.—
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This usually involves new walls, ceilings, floors, angled sound attenuation, and even sound dampeners.—
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Given this week’s rally, certain stocks have tipped into overbought territory and could see a dip in the near term.—
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Washington’s neutrality preserved the republic’s future, enabling economic expansion under the funding system Hamilton designed, territorial growth through the Louisiana Purchase and beyond, and eventual emergence as a great power capable of tipping global balances.—
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The short program — which caps at two minutes, 40 seconds — leans as much on precision and storytelling as jumps.—
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The Kosmera Nebula 1 is a four-door electric concept that leans toward supercar proportions rather than a traditional sedan layout.—
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“Cock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cock. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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