Thesaurus: cocker
To treat with too great tenderness; to fondle; to indulge; to pamper.
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Definitions
- v. t. To treat with too great tenderness; to fondle; to indulge; to pamper.
- n. One given to cockfighting.
- n. A small dog of the spaniel kind, used for starting up woodcocks, etc.
- n. A rustic high shoe or half-boots.
- n. a small breed with wavy silky hair; originally developed in England
- v. treat with excessive indulgence
- Th treat with too great tenderness; to fondle; to indulge; topamper.Cocker thy child and he shall make thee afraid. Ecclesiasticus xxx.9.Poor folks cannot afford to cocker themselves up. J. Ingelow.
- n:100 n a small breed with wavy silky hair; originally developed in England v treat with excessive indulgence