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cocky

/ˈkɔki/ · adjective

Meaning

  1. Overly confident; arrogant and boastful.
  2. Used as a term of endearment, originally for a person of either sex, but later primarily for a man.
  3. A (familiar name for a) cockatoo.
  4. Short for cockatoo farmer; (by extension) any farmer or owner of rural land.
  5. To operate a small-scale farm.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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