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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Cocker thy child and he shall make thee afraid.
                                                    --Ecclesiasticus
                                                    xxx. 9.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Poor folks cannot afford to cocker themselves up. --J.
                                                    Ingelow.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Cocker \Cock"er\, n. [From Cock the bird.]
     1. One given to cockfighting. [Obs.] --Steele.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Zo["o]l.) A small dog of the spaniel kind, used for
        starting up woodcocks, etc.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Cocker \Cock"er\, n. [OE. coker qyiver, boot, AS. cocer quiver;
     akin to G. k["o]cher quiver, and perh. originally meaning
     receptacle, holder. Cf. Quiver (for arrows).]
     A rustic high shoe or half-boots. [Obs.] --Drayton.
     [1913 Webster]

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.

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["o]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["o]cher quiver, and perh. originally meaning
     receptacle, holder. Cf. Quiver (for arrows).]
     A rustic high shoe or half-boots. [Obs.] --Drayton.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  cocker
       n : a small breed with a wavy silky hair originally developed in
           England [syn: cocker spaniel, English cocker spaniel]
       v : treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper
           the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"
           [syn: pamper, featherbed, cosset, baby, coddle,
            mollycoddle, spoil, indulge]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  cocker
     Italian n.
     cocker spaniel
     n.
     1 one who breeds gamecocks or engages in the sport of cockfighting.
     2 (lb en dated) One who hunts woodcocks.
     3 (lb en colloquial) A cocker spaniel, either of two breeds of dogs
  originally bred for hunting woodcocks.
     4 A device that aids in cocking a crossbow.
     n.
     1 A rustic high shoe; half-boot.
     2 (lb en obsolete) A quiver.
     n.
     (lb en UK informal) friend, mate.
     vb.
     To make a nestle-cock of; to indulge or pamper (lb en particularly of
  children).

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Cocker
     n.
     1 (surname: en).
     2 (place en river co/Cumbria cc/England), which joins the (l en
  Derwent) at (l en Cockermouth).
     3 (place en short river co/Lancashire cc/England), which flows into
  the (l en Lune) estuary.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  cocker
     n.
     1 one who breeds gamecocks or engages in the sport of cockfighting.
     2 (lb en dated) One who hunts woodcocks.
     3 (lb en colloquial) A cocker spaniel, either of two breeds of dogs
  originally bred for hunting woodcocks.
     4 A device that aids in cocking a crossbow.
     n.
     1 A rustic high shoe; half-boot.
     2 (lb en obsolete) A quiver.
     n.
     (lb en UK informal) friend, mate.
     vb.
     To make a nestle-cock of; to indulge or pamper (lb en particularly of
  children).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Cocker
     n.
     1 (surname: en).
     2 (place en river co/Cumbria cc/England), which joins the (l en
  Derwent) at (l en Cockermouth).
     3 (place en short river co/Lancashire cc/England), which flows into
  the (l en Lune) estuary.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  cocker
     Italian n.
     cocker spaniel
     n.
     1 one who breeds gamecocks or engages in the sport of cockfighting.
     2 (lb en dated) One who hunts woodcocks.
     3 (lb en colloquial) A cocker spaniel, either of two breeds of dogs
  originally bred for hunting woodcocks.
     4 A device that aids in cocking a crossbow.
     n.
     1 A rustic high shoe; half-boot.
     2 (lb en obsolete) A quiver.
     n.
     (lb en UK informal) friend, mate.
     vb.
     To make a nestle-cock of; to indulge or pamper (lb en particularly of
  children).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Cocker
     n.
     1 (surname: en).
     2 (place en river co/Cumbria cc/England), which joins the (l en
  Derwent) at (l en Cockermouth).
     3 (place en short river co/Lancashire cc/England), which flows into
  the (l en Lune) estuary.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  cocker
     Italian n.
     cocker spaniel
     n.
     1 one who breeds gamecocks or engages in the sport of cockfighting.
     2 (lb en dated) One who hunts woodcocks.
     3 (lb en colloquial) A cocker spaniel, either of two breeds of dogs
  originally bred for hunting woodcocks.
     4 A device that aids in cocking a crossbow.
     n.
     1 A rustic high shoe; half-boot.
     2 (lb en obsolete) A quiver.
     n.
     (lb en UK informal) friend, mate.
     vb.
     To make a nestle-cock of; to indulge or pamper (lb en particularly of
  children).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Cocker
     n.
     1 (surname: en).
     2 (place en river co/Cumbria cc/England), which joins the (l en
  Derwent) at (l en Cockermouth).
     3 (place en short river co/Lancashire cc/England), which flows into
  the (l en Lune) estuary.

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Cocker /kˈɒkə/
  المنغمس

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  cocker /kˈɒkə/ 
  kokršpaněl

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  cocker /kˈɒkə/
  Cockerspaniel  [zool.]
   see: cockers
  

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  cocker /kˈɒkə/
  maziti, ugađati

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  cocker /kˈɒkə/
  1. horoz dövüştüren kimse. cocker spaniel bir cins spanyel köpeği.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈkɑkɝ/

From IPA:fr :   [ IPA:fr ]

  

/kɔkɛʁ/

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 娇养,溺爱,放纵;
  n. 西班牙长耳猎犬,斗鸡的人;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 娇养,溺爱,放纵
     n. 西班牙长耳猎犬,斗鸡的人

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