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cocky

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cock·y  (kk)
adj. cock·i·er, cock·i·est
Overly self-assertive or self-confident.
cocki·ly adv.
cocki·ness n.
cocky
Adjective
[cockier, cockiest] excessively proud of oneself
cockily adv
cockiness n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.cocky - overly self-confident or self-assertive; "a very cocky young man"
assertive, self-asserting, self-assertive - aggressively self-assured; "an energetic assertive boy who was always ready to argue"; "pointing directly at a listener is an assertive act"
cocky 1
adjective overconfident, arrogant, brash, swaggering, conceited, egotistical, cocksure, swollen-headed, vain, full of yourself << OPPOSITE modest
cocky 2 or cockie
noun Austral., N.Z. (informal) farmer, smallholder, crofter Scot. grazier, agriculturalist, rancher, husbandman
Translations
cocky [ˈkɔkɪ] adj → farruco, flamenco
cocky [ˈkɔkɪ] adj → trop sûr(e) de soi
cocky [ˈkɔkɪ] adj → großspurig
cocky [ˈkɔkɪ] adj → spavaldo/a, arrogante
cocky cock


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At this Cocky burst into such wild and fantastic shrieks of laughter that Michael, ears pricked, head cocked to one side, identified in the fibres of the laughter the fibres of the various voices he had just previously heard.
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Darling gazed she felt that it had an oddly cocky appearance.
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He made it a point to identify all of them, receiving, while he did so, scowls and mutterings, and reciprocating with cocky bullyings and threatenings.
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