| English Dictionary |
COCKY (cockier, cockiest)
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Irregular inflected forms: cockier , cockiest
, cockiest Dictionary entry overview: What does cocky mean?
• COCKY (adjective)
The adjective COCKY has 1 sense:
1. overly self-confident or self-assertive
Familiarity information: COCKY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Declension: comparative and superlative |
Comparative: cockier
Superlative: cockiest
Superlative: cockiest
Sense 1
Meaning:
Overly self-confident or self-assertive
Context example:
a very cocky young man
Similar:
assertive; self-asserting; self-assertive (aggressively self-assured)
Derivation:
cockiness (offensive boldness and assertiveness)
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