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adjectivecockiest, cockierˈkɒkiˈkɑki Conceited or confident in a bold or cheeky way. we were young, brash, cocky—we knew everything a cocky playboy with a desperado mustache Example sentencesExamples - He is a confident lad, cocky like most of those who can turn their hand to genius, but nonetheless likeable for it.
- Never get too comfortable or too cocky, every golfer is advised, because that's when the game will take a large bite out of your ego.
- This kind of surprising, cocky offensive defence goes over well, especially here.
- It is good to walk in with confidence and a friendly smile, but not be overly confident and cocky!
- A lot of people are very cocky and brash in this industry and there were quite a few walking around before the exam as if they'd already passed.
- I am very confident but I wouldn't say I was cocky or anything like that.
- Upbeat but not cocky, he was oblivious to his prospects of leading an overall majority government.
- While the actor is confident and cocky, he also has a kind of sheepishness that stops him being just another action star.
- Maybe he wasn't really that arrogant, cocky egomaniac that he pretended to be.
- He was cocky and had pedigree but there was an underlying suspicion within the county that he might lack the mentality to match his ability.
- He was confident but not cocky and very likable, in a puppy dog sort of way.
- United weren't creating much but they were cocky and they were getting on the ball and dropping it into areas where something could happen.
- They are confident after a record run of nine successive wins, yet not cocky because they know the ultimate test has still to be set.
- I spoke to him last night to wish him well, and he was confident without being cocky about it, which is always good.
- A mainstay of the Celtic team, he expects his absence to weaken their midfield but is not getting too cocky.
- He's cocky and egotistical and it's near impossible to get a word in edgeways.
- No one had his look, his air of total confidence and that cocky strut.
- He is justifiably proud of his work all these years later, but he never comes off as cocky or arrogant.
- For me they are too brash, too cocky, too shallow and too plentiful.
- It was amazing how vital and witty and energetic and downright cocky he was.
Synonyms arrogant, conceited, overconfident, overweening, cocksure, smug, haughty, supercilious, disdainful, lofty, patronizing, proud, vain, vainglorious, self-important, swollen-headed, egotistical, presumptuous, lordly, pompous, blustering, boastful, brash, self-assertive, opinionated, bold, forward, insolent informal high and mighty, throwing one's weight about/around, uppish rare hubristic
Derivativesadverbˈkɒkɪli ‘If you think I'm going to tell you anything,’ the guard said cockily, ‘you're mistaken.’ Example sentencesExamples - She told the room - confidently, almost cockily - that the election was in the bag.
- About the time he turned 40, the once cockily independent writer had begun collaborating again.
- ‘I know you better than that,’ he cockily snickers.
- His fellow sellers immediately started packing up their magazines, but he cockily urged them to ‘carry on selling’.
nounˈkɒkɪnəs He's got that magic combination of 19-year-old cockiness and born-with-it, estate-lad charisma. Example sentencesExamples - I'll be arrogant to the point of extreme cockiness.
- A lot of it is just effrontery, sheer brazen nerve, and a sort of monstrous cockiness.
- He is intensely irritating, with a cockiness untempered by charisma and exacerbated by a grating accent.
- It amused her to see Jason hiding his cockiness and his belief that she would say yes no matter what he did.
OriginMid 16th century (in the sense 'lecherous'): from cock1 + -y1. Rhymeschoccy, flocky, gnocchi, hockey, jockey, oche, pocky, rocky, schlocky, stocky nounPlural cockiesˈkɒkiˈkɑki Australian, NZ informal another term for cockatoo Example sentencesExamples - In the view of most cockies, some of the finest agricultural land in the state comes with an architectural albatross around it neck in the form of the 1830's house which stands on the land.
- The astute observer would know I wasn't a local farmer because all the cockies in this particular district wear baseball caps sponsored by American chemical companies.
- According to the official from the parks and wildlife agency it is mating and egg laying season for the cockies.
- I haven't heard any cockies today and it doesn't look like rain.
- As larrikin cockies and bush simpletons, they eked out a poor living in snake-infested, rabbit-holed country.
- But this stock theft was not simply a case of nicking some local cocky's loose calf.
- They will not be taken into account, but the poor old cocky will have to pay the flatulence tax.
- It was getting towards the end of the day and I was yacking to a cocky on the last call.
- If you are a bit squeamish when it comes to mice and cockroaches, maybe this isn't the job for you as you'd be required to feed hand bred mice and cockies to your sick and injured patients.
- Local folklore has it that black cockies appear before rain.
- The contractors had already sprayed for cockies, fleas, flies and mice but the cockies were guaranteed to re-emerge once the effect of the watered-down spray lost its potency.
nounPlural cockiesˈkɒkiˈkɑki Australian A farmer, originally one with a small holding. all the cockies in this district wear baseball caps sponsored by chemical companies
OriginLate 19th century: from the Australian sense of cockatoo 'a small-scale farmer'. adjectiveˈkäkēˈkɑki Conceited or arrogant, especially in a bold or impudent way. 自以为是的；傲慢自负的（尤指以无礼、无耻的方式表现出来） we were young, brash, cocky—we knew everything a cocky playboy with a desperado mustache Example sentencesExamples - He's cocky and egotistical and it's near impossible to get a word in edgeways.
- United weren't creating much but they were cocky and they were getting on the ball and dropping it into areas where something could happen.
- This kind of surprising, cocky offensive defence goes over well, especially here.
- He is justifiably proud of his work all these years later, but he never comes off as cocky or arrogant.
- A mainstay of the Celtic team, he expects his absence to weaken their midfield but is not getting too cocky.
- No one had his look, his air of total confidence and that cocky strut.
- It was amazing how vital and witty and energetic and downright cocky he was.
- I spoke to him last night to wish him well, and he was confident without being cocky about it, which is always good.
- Never get too comfortable or too cocky, every golfer is advised, because that's when the game will take a large bite out of your ego.
- They are confident after a record run of nine successive wins, yet not cocky because they know the ultimate test has still to be set.
- Upbeat but not cocky, he was oblivious to his prospects of leading an overall majority government.
- While the actor is confident and cocky, he also has a kind of sheepishness that stops him being just another action star.
- For me they are too brash, too cocky, too shallow and too plentiful.
- Maybe he wasn't really that arrogant, cocky egomaniac that he pretended to be.
- He was confident but not cocky and very likable, in a puppy dog sort of way.
- It is good to walk in with confidence and a friendly smile, but not be overly confident and cocky!
- He is a confident lad, cocky like most of those who can turn their hand to genius, but nonetheless likeable for it.
- I am very confident but I wouldn't say I was cocky or anything like that.
- He was cocky and had pedigree but there was an underlying suspicion within the county that he might lack the mentality to match his ability.
- A lot of people are very cocky and brash in this industry and there were quite a few walking around before the exam as if they'd already passed.
Synonyms arrogant, conceited, overconfident, overweening, cocksure, smug, haughty, supercilious, disdainful, lofty, patronizing, proud, vain, vainglorious, self-important, swollen-headed, egotistical, presumptuous, lordly, pompous, blustering, boastful, brash, self-assertive, opinionated, bold, forward, insolent
OriginMid 16th century (in the sense ‘lecherous’): from cock + -y. nounˈkɑkiˈkäkē Australian, NZ informal another term for cockatoo Example sentencesExamples - But this stock theft was not simply a case of nicking some local cocky's loose calf.
- Local folklore has it that black cockies appear before rain.
- I haven't heard any cockies today and it doesn't look like rain.
- The contractors had already sprayed for cockies, fleas, flies and mice but the cockies were guaranteed to re-emerge once the effect of the watered-down spray lost its potency.
- The astute observer would know I wasn't a local farmer because all the cockies in this particular district wear baseball caps sponsored by American chemical companies.
- They will not be taken into account, but the poor old cocky will have to pay the flatulence tax.
- If you are a bit squeamish when it comes to mice and cockroaches, maybe this isn't the job for you as you'd be required to feed hand bred mice and cockies to your sick and injured patients.
- In the view of most cockies, some of the finest agricultural land in the state comes with an architectural albatross around it neck in the form of the 1830's house which stands on the land.
- As larrikin cockies and bush simpletons, they eked out a poor living in snake-infested, rabbit-holed country.
- It was getting towards the end of the day and I was yacking to a cocky on the last call.
- According to the official from the parks and wildlife agency it is mating and egg laying season for the cockies.
nounˈkɑkiˈkäkē Australian A farmer, originally one with a small holding. all the cockies in this district wear baseball caps sponsored by chemical companies
OriginLate 19th century: from the Australian sense of cockatoo ‘a small-scale farmer’. |