| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Cocker.[Websters]
2. To have coddled or nursed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To be pampered or featherbedded. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To have fondled or canoodled. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To have mollycoddled, cossetted, cosseted or cuddled. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To have caressed, hugged or kissed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To have dandled.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb cocker.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (cocker) | 1. Treat with excessive indulgence.[Wordnet]. 2. To treat with too great tenderness; to fondle; to indulge; to pamper.[Websters]. 3. Base verb from the following inflections: cockering, cockered, cockers, cockerer, cockerers, cockeringly and cockeredly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "COCKERED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
Specialty Definition: cocker
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Verb] To fondle; to indulge; to treat with tenderness; to pamper.. | 2: [Noun] One who follows cock-fighting.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | |
| Literature | Cocker According to Cocker. All right, according to Cocker. According to established rules, according to what is correct. Edward Cocker (1631-1677) published an arithmetic which ran through sixty editions. The phrase, "According to Cocker," was popularised by Murphy in his farce called The Apprentice. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
| Mining | To set supports in herringbone fashion. (references) | ||
| Slang in 1811 | COCKER. One fond of the diversion of cock-fighting. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Noun] (dated) someone who breed gamecocks, or arranges cockfights. (references) | 2: [Noun] a cocker spaniel. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
