English-Thai Dictionary

cocky

ADJ หยิ่งยโส  ทะนง  ที่มั่น ใจ ใน ตนเอง มากเกินไป  arrogant overconfident ying-ya-so

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COCKY

Cock "y, a. Etym: [See Cocket. ]

 

Defn: Pert. [Slang ]

 

COCKYOLLY BIRD; COCKYOLY BIRD

Cock `y *ol "ly bird or Cock `y *ol "y bird. [Cf. Cock, fowl; Yellow. ]

 

Defn: A pet name for any small bird.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

cocky

cock y |ˈkäkē ˈkɑki | ▶adjective ( cockier, cockiest ) conceited or arrogant, esp. in a bold or impudent way. DERIVATIVES cock i ly |ˈkäkəlē |adverb, cock i ness noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘lecherous ’): from cock 1 + -y 1 .

 

Oxford Dictionary

cocky

cocky 1 |ˈkɒki | ▶adjective ( cockier, cockiest ) conceited or confident in a bold or cheeky way. DERIVATIVES cockily adverb, cockiness noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘lecherous ’): from cock 1 + -y 1 .

 

cocky

cocky 2 |ˈkɒki | ▶noun ( pl. cockies ) Austral. /NZ informal term for cockatoo.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

cocky

cocky adjective military school has certainly made him less cocky: arrogant, conceited, overweening, overconfident, cocksure, self-important, egotistical, presumptuous, boastful, self-assertive; bold, forward, insolent, cheeky, puffed up. ANTONYMS modest.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

cocky

cocky adjective they appeared cocky even before they went one goal up: arrogant, conceited, overconfident, overweening, cocksure, smug, haughty, supercilious, disdainful, lofty, patronizing, proud, vain, vainglorious, self-important, swollen-headed, egotistical, presumptuous, lordly, pompous, blustering, boastful, brash, self-assertive, opinionated, bold, forward, insolent; informal high and mighty, throwing one's weight about /around, uppish; rare hubristic. ANTONYMS modest, diffident.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

cocky

cock y /kɑ́ki |kɔ́ki /形容詞 ｟くだけて けなして ｠〈人 態度などが 〉小生意気な, 高慢ちきな, うぬぼれ屋の .c ó ck i ly 副詞 c ó ck i ness 名詞