adjective
- tilted or turned to one side
- pulled back and ready to fire (of a gun’s hammer or mechanism)
Examples
- She wore her hat cocked at a jaunty angle.
- The dog listened with its head cocked to one side.
- He kept the pistol cocked and ready.
- The rifle was cocked and loaded.
- Her eyebrow was cocked in a questioning expression.
- The cowboy’s hat was cocked back on his head.