Cock
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Cock may refer to:
- Rooster, a male chicken
- In ornithology, the male of any bird
- Cock, a colloquial word for a penis
- Cock of the year/school/estate, A term used in the north of England to denote the best fighter in a defined area
In valves:
- A type of tap, faucet or valve
- Steam cock, a drain valve on a steam engine cylinder
- Bibcock, a small type of valve
- Sample cock, a small valve fitted in breweries and other process industries to check the product during manufacture
- Stopcock, a valve used to restrict or isolate the flow of a liquid or gas through a pipe
- Petcock, a small valve, primarily for draining liquid or releasing pressure from a vessel
- Ballcock, a mechanism for filling water tanks
- Emergency brake cock, a compressed air valve used to apply the air brakes on a train in an emergency
In clocks:
- 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
- Back cock, supports the pendulum and pallet arbor
In other:
- To cock, to prepare the hammer of a firearm for firing
- Shuttlecock, a high-drag projectile used in the sport of badminton
- Cock, the NATO reporting name of the Antonov An-22
- A Cocktail, a style of mixed drink
See also:
- Cock (surname)
- Cocks (surname)
- Cockpit, the area usually nearer the front of a piloted aircraft from which a pilot controls the aircraft
- Caulk, a homophone in some North American dialects of English
- Coq, an application used in computer science
- Woodcock (disambiguation)
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