Meaning of Cocker | Babel Free

Definitions

1. One who breeds gamecocks or engages in the sport of cockfighting.
2. A rustic high shoe; half-boot.
3. Friend, mate.
   UK, informal
4. A surname.
5. One who hunts woodcocks.
   dated
6. A quiver.
   obsolete
7. A river in Cumbria, England, which joins the Derwent at Cockermouth.
8. A cocker spaniel, either of two breeds of dogs originally bred for hunting woodcocks.
   colloquial
9. A short river in Lancashire, England, which flows into the Lune estuary.
10. A device that aids in cocking a crossbow.

Equivalents

Examples

“You have⟳ your choice of two stock-mounted cocking aids: the Acudraw 50, an integral rope cocker, or the Acudraw crank-operated device.”

“The down side is that they are hard to draw⟳ without special lever cockers.”

“The standard default cocking mechanism is the rope cocker.”

“I been to see⟳ 'im. Not pretty. Ward sister tell⟳ me 'e'll be alright but not for a while yet. Concussion. Bloody 'ell! Lucky 'e wasn't killed, lump of lead⟳ like⟳ that. Lucky for you too, cocker...”

“He said, 'Not my cup of Darjeeling, cocker. I've been more intellectually challenged at a kiddies' swimming gala.'”

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