cocker

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ˈkɑkɚ/ UK /ˈkɒkə/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to pamper or indulge; also a breed of spaniel used to flush game

His grandmother would cocker him with sweets at every visit.

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to pamper or indulge; also... pamper indulge coddle spoil cosset mollycoddle baby

Opposites

neglect

Word family

Related forms cockered

Etymology

Of uncertain origin, attested from the 15th century; perhaps related to cock 'rooster' or of dialectal origin. The spaniel sense is so named for its use in flushing woodcock.

Topics

Actions & Processes Word Formation & Derivatives

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# cocker

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈkɑkɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈkɒkə/

## Meanings
1. to pamper or indulge; also a breed of spaniel used to flush game

## Examples
- His grandmother would cocker him with sweets at every visit.

## Synonyms
- pamper
- indulge
- coddle
- spoil
- cosset
- mollycoddle
- baby

## Antonyms
- neglect

## Related Forms
- cockered

## Etymology
Of uncertain origin, attested from the 15th century; perhaps related to cock 'rooster' or of dialectal origin. The spaniel sense is so named for its use in flushing woodcock.

## AI Etymology
Cocker is of uncertain origin, attested from the 15th century; perhaps related to cock 'rooster' or of dialectal origin. The spaniel sense is so named for its use in flushing woodcock. The history must be left partly open, preserving the uncertainty rather than forcing a single unsupported ancestry. Used as a verb and noun, cocker now means "pamper or indulge; also a breed of spaniel used to flush game", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as cockered. That uncertainty is part of the entry: the safest account is the attested form and the limited comparisons preserved with it.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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