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Cock may refer to:

A vulgar slang for the penis.
A male chicken. See Rooster for more information. This is the original meaning.
*Cockfighting, a sport in which two male chickens are made to fight one another for dominance
*The word rooster for a male chicken arose, especially in the USA, as a euphemism for cock, to avoid the vulgarism above for penis
In ornithologist's usage, a male bird (a female is a "hen")
a type of tap, faucet or valve
*Steam cock, is a drain valve on a steam engine cylinder
*Bibcock, a small type of valve
*Sample cock, small valve fitted in breweries and other process industries to check the product during manufacture
*Stopcock to turn off the mains supply of water to a house. A Stopcock is also used in chemistry, the valve on a titration tube is called a stopcock
*Petcock, a small valve, primarily for draining liquid or releasing pressure from a vessel
*The shape and function of the type of mechanism called the cock, and the male symbolism of the rooster, gives this term double reinforcement
*This is occasionally used for a hateful man, similar to dick, prick, or the feminine cunt
*"Dog's cock" is printer's slang for exclamation mark
A part of a clock or watch used to support an outrigger bearing for a gear or lever
*Balance cock, supports the balance wheel in a watch
*Fly cock, supports the fly on a bracket clock
A state of the hammer in a firearm. A gun may be "cocked" in readiness for firing. Flintlocks usually have two "cocked" positions, the first of which (half-cock) enables priming, but keeps the trigger locked. This is the origin of the term "going off at half cock" or "going off half-cocked", which describes premature firing
An alternative name for a shuttlecock
The NATO reporting name of the Antonov An-22

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