cocky

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈkɒki/ (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /ˈkɔkɪj/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑki/ (Australian) IPA(key): /ˈkɔki/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈkɒki/, [ˈkɔ̟ki] (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈkɔke/ Rhymes: -ɒki === Etymology 1 === From cock (“male domestic chicken”) +‎ -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense of ‘having the quality of’). ==== Adjective ==== cocky (comparative cockier, superlative cockiest) Overly confident; arrogant and boastful. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:arrogant ===== Alternative forms ===== cockey cockie (rare) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From cock (“male domestic chicken”) +‎ -y (diminutive suffix). ==== Noun ==== cocky (plural cockies) (chiefly UK, Ireland, Newfoundland, colloquial, dated) Used as a term of endearment, originally for a person of either sex, but later primarily for a man. ===== Alternative forms ===== cockey cockie ===== Derived terms ===== spud cocky ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === The noun is derived from cock(atoo) +‎ -y (diminutive suffix). The verb is derived from the noun. ==== Noun ==== cocky (plural cockies) (chiefly Australia, New Zealand, informal) (informal) A familiar name for a cockatoo. (also attributively) Clipping of cockatoo farmer (“small-scale farmer”); (by extension) any farmer or owner of rural land. Synonyms: cockatoo, crofter ===== Usage notes ===== In New Zealand, cocky (sense 2) is often synonymous with sheep cocky (“a sheep farmer”), due to the relative importance of the industry. ===== Alternative forms ===== cockey cockie ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Verb ==== 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 ===== Alternative forms ===== cockey ===== Translations ===== === References ===