# cocked

Pronunciation: say "KOKT" US /kɑkt/, UK /kɒkt/

## Verb

1. Past tense and past participle of cock. — simple past and past participle of cock
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of cock. Use this form for something that already happened.
   - _She cocked an eyebrow at the suggestion but said nothing._
   - _The officer had already cocked the pistol when the order to stand down came._

## Adjective

2. Of a firearm or crossbow, having the cock raised or otherwise set ready to be fired.
   - Simple: Of a gun or crossbow, set and ready to fire.
   - _The hunter kept his cocked rifle pointed at the ground until the deer stepped into the clearing._
   - _A cocked crossbow can fire with only a light touch on the trigger._
3. Under the influence of alcohol; drunk. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: Drunk after drinking alcohol.
   - _After six rounds of tequila, Mark was totally cocked and singing on the table._
   - _They got cocked at the wedding and had to take a cab home._
4. Of a die, having landed tilted at an angle rather than lying flat.
   - Simple: Of a die, landed at an angle instead of lying flat.
   - _One of the dice came to rest cocked against the rulebook, and the whole table argued over whether it counted._
   - _Under our house rules, any cocked die is picked up and thrown again._
5. In compounds, having a penis of a stated form, or a stated number of penises.
   - Simple: Used as part of a longer word to describe the kind of penis someone has, or how many.
   - _The novel's swaggering, big-cocked hero spends most of the plot picking fights._
   - _The comedian mocked small-cocked men who buy giant trucks to make up for it._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/cocked (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).