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COCKY

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

Irregular inflected forms: cockier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, cockiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 I. (adjective) 

Comparative and superlative

Comparative: cockier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Superlative: cockiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Sense 1

Meaning:

Overly self-confident or self-assertiveplay

Example:

a very cocky young man

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

assertive; self-asserting; self-assertive (aggressively self-assured)

Derivation:

cockiness (offensive boldness and assertiveness)

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