Cocker

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cocker \Cock"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cockered}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Cockering}.] [OE. cokeren; cf. W. cocru to indulge,
     fondle, E. cock the bird, F. coqueliner to dandle (Cotgrave),
     to imitate the crow of a cock, to run after the girls, and E.
     cockle, v.]
     To treat with too great tenderness; to fondle; to indulge; to


     pamper.
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           Cocker thy child and he shall make thee afraid.
                                                    --Ecclesiasticus
                                                    xxx. 9.
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           Poor folks cannot afford to cocker themselves up. --J.
                                                    Ingelow.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cocker \Cock"er\, n. [From {Cock} the bird.]
     1. One given to cockfighting. [Obs.] --Steele.
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     2. (Zool.) A small dog of the spaniel kind, used for starting
        up woodcocks, etc.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cocker \Cock"er\, n. [OE. coker qyiver, boot, AS. cocer quiver;
     akin to G. k["o]cher quiver, and perh. originally meaning
     receptacle, holder. Cf. {Quiver} (for arrows).]
     A rustic high shoe or half-boots. [Obs.] --Drayton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cocker
       n : a small breed with a wavy silky hair originally developed in
           England [syn: {cocker spaniel}, {English cocker spaniel}]
       v : treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper
           the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"
           [syn: {pamper}, {featherbed}, {cosset}, {baby}, {coddle},
            {mollycoddle}, {spoil}, {indulge}]