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Cock
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Cock may refer to:
- A male chicken, also called a rooster. This is the word's original meaning
- In ornithologists' usage, the male of any bird
- Cock, a colloquial word for the penis; the usage has now rendered many of the original meanings somewhat taboo
In valves:
- A type of tap, faucet or valve
- Steam cock, a drain valve on a steam engine cylinder
- Bibcock, a small type of valve
- Sample cock, a small valve fitted in breweries and other process industries to check the product during manufacture
- Stopcock, a valve used to restrict or isolate the flow of a liquid or gas through a pipe
- Petcock, a small valve, primarily for draining liquid or releasing pressure from a vessel
- Ballcock, a mechanism for filling water tanks
In clocks:
- A part of a clock or watch used to support an outrigger bearing for a gear or lever
- Balance cock, supports the balance wheel in a watch
- Fly cock, supports the fly on a bracket clock
- Back Cock, supports the pendulum and pallet arbor
In other:
- Cock, to prepare the hammer of a firearm for firing
- Cockpit (aviation), the area in the front of a plane from which a pilot controls the aircraft (see Cockpit for other meanings of the word)
- Shuttlecock, a high-drag projectile used in the sport of badminton
- Cock, the NATO reporting name of the Antonov An-22
- A Cocktail, a style of mixed drink
See also:
- Cock (surname)
- Caulk, a homophone in some North American dialects of English
- Woodcock (disambiguation)
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