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What does "cock" mean?
snoot
cock a /snook Slang
To express scorn or derision by or as if by placing the thumb on the nose and wiggling the fingers; thumb one's nose: “[He] could cock a snoot at the rest of the . . . world and blithely go his own way” (Elie Kedourie).
cock of the walk
An overbearing or domineering person.
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