cock an ear

cock an ear
cock an/​your ear phrase
to listen very carefully
Thesaurus: to listensynonym
Main entry: cock

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • cock an ear at something — cock an ear/eye at sth/sb idiom to look at or listen to sb/sth carefully and with a lot of attention Main entry: ↑cockidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • cock an ear at somebody — cock an ear/eye at sth/sb idiom to look at or listen to sb/sth carefully and with a lot of attention Main entry: ↑cockidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • cock your ear — cock an/​your ear phrase to listen very carefully Thesaurus: to listensynonym Main entry: cock …   Useful english dictionary

  • cock an eye at something — cock an ear/eye at sth/sb idiom to look at or listen to sb/sth carefully and with a lot of attention Main entry: ↑cockidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • cock an eye at somebody — cock an ear/eye at sth/sb idiom to look at or listen to sb/sth carefully and with a lot of attention Main entry: ↑cockidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • cock — cock1 [kɔk US ka:k] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(chicken)¦ 2¦(male bird)¦ 3¦(sex organ)¦ 4 cock and bull story 5¦(object that controls flow)¦ 6¦(man)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin: cocc male chicken ] 1.) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • cock — ► NOUN 1) a male bird, especially of a domestic fowl. 2) vulgar slang a man s penis. 3) Brit. informal nonsense. 4) a firing lever in a gun which can be raised to be released by the trigger. 5) a stopcock. ► VERB 1) …   English terms dictionary

  • cock an/your ear — see ↑cock, 2 • • • Main Entry: ↑ear …   Useful english dictionary

  • cock one's ear — ► cock one s ear (of a dog) raise its ears to an erect position. Main Entry: ↑cock …   English terms dictionary

  • cock — cock1 [käk] n. [ME cok < OE coc & OFr coq, like Dan kok, ON kokkr, of echoic orig.] 1. a) the male of the chicken; rooster b) the male of certain other birds 2. Archaic a) the crowing of a rooster, esp. at sunrise …   English World dictionary

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