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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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