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Cock
1. An adult male chicken; a rooster. The cock will crow loudly in the morning.
2. An adult male of various other birds. The peacock is the male, the peahen is
the female.
3. To set the hammer of a firearm in a position ready for firing. He cocked the
pistol as the bank robber came into the bank.
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