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Definition of cocky in English Turkish dictionary
- {s} kendini beğenmiş
- kendinden emin
- kibirli
Tom kendini oldukça kibirli hissediyordu.
-Tom was feeling pretty cocky.
- {s} burnu havada
- özünü beğenmiş
- ukala
- {s} kendinden çok emin
- dili kendini beğenmiş
- cockily
- beyhude yere
- cockiness
- ukalalık
- cockiness
- kibirlilik
- cockiness
- (isim) kendine aşırı güvenme
- cockiness
- {i} kendine aşırı güvenme
- cockiness
- kendinden emin olma
- cockiness
- dili kendine aşırı güvenme
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Definition of cocky in English English dictionary
- A farmer, particularly a small-time farmer
And stories in the bush may not seem relevant in the big smoke, but try telling that to a cocky. — Shelley Horton, Australian Broadcasting Commission Media Dimensions program, episode 15.
- Abbreviation of cockatoo, especially when talking to such a bird, as in "hello cocky"
2005: Visit the local store at Coles Bay and you're greeted by a talking cocky called Jim. — Australian Broadcasting Commission, The World Today program, Town seeks environmental accreditation, 5 August 2005.
- Overly self-confident and boastful
- A sheep farmer, specifically (due to prevalence of sheep in New Zealand); a cow farmer being called a cow cocky
- {s} arrogant, conceited, vain, proud
- disapproval Someone who is cocky is so confident and sure of their abilities that they annoy other people. He was a little bit cocky when he was about 11 because he was winning everything. = cocksure. too confident about yourself and your abilities, especially in a way that annoys other people (COCK2)
- Pert
- overly self-confident or self-assertive; "a very cocky young man
- overly self-confident or self-assertive; "a very cocky young man"
- A farmer
- overly self-confident up to a point where youre kidding yourself of your abilities
- coxy
- cocky's joy
- Golden syrup
2006: Golden syrup or cocky's joy is a liquid sugar. — Australian Broadcasting Commission Central West NSW local radio recipes.
- cockier
- comparative of cocky
- cockiest
- superlative of cocky
- cockily
- arrogantly, conceitedly, vainly; jauntily
- cockily
- In a cocky manner
- cockiness
- offensive assertiveness
- cockiness
- {i} arrogance, conceit, vainness; jauntiness
- cockiness
- The quality of being cocky
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cocky
Hyphenation
co·ckyTurkish pronunciation
käkiSynonyms
birdie, farmer, arrogant, brash, bumptious, certain, cocksure, conceited, confident, egotistical, hotdogger, hotshot, hubristic, know-it-all, lordlyPronunciation
/ˈkäkē/ /ˈkɑːkiː/
Etymology
[ kä-kE ] (adjective.) 1768. Abbreviation of cockatoo (“(type of bird)”) + -y (“(diminutive)”). In sense “farmer”, developed in 19th century Australia following Robertson Land Acts|Robertson Land Acts]], which increased the number of small-time farmers, who were referred to as cockatoo farmers, later abbreviated to cocky.Resimler
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