cocker : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cocker	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for cocker
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cocker n a small breed with wavy silky hair; originally developed in England Synonym(s): cocker spaniel, English cocker spaniel, cocker v treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!" Synonym(s): pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cocker \Cock"er\, n. [From {Cock} the bird.] 1. One given to cockfighting. [Obs.] --Steele. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A small dog of the spaniel kind, used for starting up woodcocks, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cocker \Cock"er\, n. [OE. coker qyiver, boot, AS. cocer quiver; akin to G. k[94]cher quiver, and perh. originally meaning receptacle, holder. Cf. {Quiver} (for arrows).] A rustic high shoe or half-boots. [Obs.] --Drayton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cocker \Cock"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cockered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cockering}.] [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.] To 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.