cocked
adjUS /kɑkt/ · UK /kɒkt/
1
Informal Drunk.
- He is totally cocked right now, about thirteen beers into his 12-pack.
2
In compounds, Slang, Vulgar Having a specified form of penis or a specific number of penises.
- The large-cocked pornstar came into shot.
3
Engineering, Firearms, Government, Military, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Politics, Tools, War, Weaponry Of a firearm or crossbow; to have the cock lifted or prepared to be fired.
5
slanted or tipped.
- She was now standing arms akimbo, her shoulders drooping a little, her head cocked to one side, her glasses winking in the sunlight. We knew she wore a grin of the uttermost wickedness.1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC:
- Derived terms
- cocked die, cocked hat, cocked-up, go off half-cocked, half-cocked