cocker C2+ Topic:Sports & Fitness 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. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 verb · to pamper or indulge; also... pamperindulgecoddlespoilcossetmollycoddlebaby ↔ Opposites neglect Word family Related forms cockered Etymology AI details 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 Sports & Fitness Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 - Sports & Fitness - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown