cocker Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a small breed with wavy silky hair; originally developed in England
    cocker spaniel; English cocker spaniel.
  2. verb treat with excessive indulgence
    featherbed; pamper; cosset; mollycoddle; spoil; indulge; baby; coddle.
    • grandparents often pamper the children
    • Let's not mollycoddle our students!

WordNet

Cock"er transitive verb
Etymology
OE. cokeren; cf. W. cocru to indulge, fondle, E. cock the bird, F. coqueliner to dandle (Cotgrave), to imitate the crow of a cock, to run after the girls, and E. cockle, v.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Cockered ; present participle & verbal noun Cockering
Definitions
  1. Th treat with too great tenderness; to fondle; to indulge; to pamper.
    Cocker thy child and he shall make thee afraid. Ecclesiasticus xxx. 9.
    Poor folks cannot afford to cocker themselves up. J. Ingelow.
Cock"er noun
Etymology
From Cock the bird.
Definitions
  1. One given to cockfighting. Obs. Steele.
  2. (Zoöl.) A small dog of the spaniel kind, used for starting up woodcocks, etc.
Cock"er noun
Etymology
OE. coker qyiver, boot, AS. cocer quiver; akin to G. köcher quiver, and perh. originally meaning receptacle, holder. Cf. Quiver (for arrows).
Definitions
  1. A rustic high shoe or half-boots. Obs. Drayton.

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