cock

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cock /k'ɒk/ (cocks cocking cocked)
1 [N-COUNT]
A cock is an adult male chicken. (mainly BRIT; in AM, use rooster)
The cock was announcing the start of a new day.
2 [N-COUNT] oft N n
You refer to a male bird, especially a male game bird, as a cock when you want to distinguish it from a female bird. (mainly BRIT)
...a cock pheasant.
3 [N-COUNT]
A man's cock is his penis. (INFORMAL, VERY RUDE)
4
see also stopcock
5
to cock a snook at someone: see snookcock up
[PHRASAL VERB] V n P, V P n (not pron)
If you cock something up, you ruin it by doing something wrong. (BRIT INFORMAL, RUDE)
`Seems like I've cocked it up,' Egan said...
They've cocked up the address.
see also cock-up

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