Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kok-er]
- /ˈkɒk ər/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [kok-er]
- /ˈkɒk ər/
Definitions of cocker word
- noun cocker a devotee of cockfighting 3
- verb cocker to pamper or spoil by indulgence 3
- noun cocker a mate (esp in the phrase old cocker) 3
- noun cocker cocker spaniel 3
- noun cocker a person who breeds or trains fighting cocks 3
- verb transitive cocker to coddle; pamper 3
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Origin of cocker
First appearance:
before 1805 One of the 41% newest English words
1805-15; (wood)cock + -er1, i.e., woodcock starter
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Cocker
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
cocker popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 80% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
cocker usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerTop questions with cocker
- when did joe cocker die?
- joe cocker up where we belong?
- how long do cocker spaniels live?
- joe cocker when the night comes?
- how big do cocker spaniels get?
- how to groom a cocker spaniel?
- how old is joe cocker?
- how did joe cocker die?
- up where we belong joe cocker?
- what is a cocker spaniel?
- what does a cocker spaniel look like?
- how much do cocker spaniels weigh?
- how to groom english cocker spaniel?
- how big do golden cocker retrievers get?
- what age do cocker spaniels stop growing?
See also
Matching words
- Words starting with c
- Words starting with co
- Words starting with coc
- Words starting with cock
- Words starting with cocke
- Words starting with cocker