Alex Horne

If somebody does a task really badly, then that's better for us than if they do it really well. We always tell people when they get back to the green room after doing a task that they've cocked up, 'You've actually really won that task, because people remember them more than the geniuses.' No one likes the clever people.

British Comedian

Jeremy Bulloch

I always believe that most people could do it. I mean obviously I didn't just sit and stand. I used to love cradling the gun and just posing with the hand cocked ready to fire the gun, and the costume helped a great deal.

British Actor

Mike Epps

With Ice Cube they ain't no telling. He might have one cocked and loaded, ready to bust. We might do The Sunday, two old men sitting around the house waiting on the social security check.

American Comedian

Lee Ranaldo

What Nirvana's success means is that certain radio stations now have their ear more cocked to bands like us; they're more open to playing more stuff.

American Musician

George Santayana

To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is a deep delight of the blood.

Spanish Philosopher

Margaret Thatcher

It may be the cock that crows, but it is the hen that lays the eggs.

English Leader

George Eliot

He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.

British Author

Aeschylus

Be bold and boast, just like the cock beside the hen.

Greek Poet

Navjot Singh Sidhu

Indian Entertainer

Frank Sinatra

American Singer

Refers to a male chicken, often found on farms.

Animal Reference

Associated with the sound to signal sunrise or morning.

Morning Sound

Used in plumbing to refer to a tap controlling water flow.

Plumbing Term

More common in technical or mechanical contexts.

Technical Jargon

When used as a verb, it indicates a deliberate tilt or turn.

Analyze Context

In weapon terminology, refers to the part you pull before shooting.

Firearms Language

Can imply preparing or making something ready to use.

Action Required

This is informal slang and might be considered vulgar.

Slang Caution

Usually used among adults in a casual or humorous context.

Adult Conversations

 watch how it's just strips the leaves of these small branches there we go strips them and shoves them in now I know this is conch remember who it was but somebody was asking the other day why we can't see the elephant's teeth this might be the prime opportunity to see them this upper one the way it's got its head cocked up we might be able to

Safari Live - Day 12 PIPE...

 break that all down is pretty amazing but you see how it's just positioned neck is cocked in so that as soon as a fish comes anywhere near and its eyes are able to detect the movement it can strike out using that long there we go hold on it looks like it might go again let's have a look now you see how it's

See Elephants at Their...

 so if you look good I can just see the back of an Impala just to the right of where he is say he's then you can see his attitude he's got his head down and his ears kind of cocked not to the front or right of him it's gonna be very tricky to see it but you see there's

Safari Live - Day 364 PIPE...

 he cocked his gun before he went to give chase to Martin. So you can see that the basic tenets of journalism, they don't really change here, right? We're still following the same principles that we would always. What is different is the sense of being on scene,

The Future of News?...

 weapons once both of them cocked their weapons i knew they meant business this is brigadier abdul rahman bilal a retired pakistani army officer his son helped him set up a skype call with me from his home in rawalpindi where i could hear small children in the

Unraveling a Mapmaker’s...

 okay time for me to get to grips with one carefully slightly and get the other hand behind the gills picking up piranhas is like handling a cocked and loaded gun with a hair trigger let's have a look at the teeth we can see just how powerful those jaws are

Vicious Piranha Moments...

 They're also precise. We don't really stop to think about a raindrop the size of an actual cat or dog, but as soon as I do, I realize that I'm quite certain the dog has to be a small one -- a cocker spaniel, or a dachshund --

The art of the metaphor...

 Time for me to get to grips with one. Carefully. Picking up piranhas is like handling a cocked and loaded gun, with a hair-trigger. Let's have a look at the teeth. We can see just how powerful those jaws are.

Holding a Red Bellied...

 knockout blow from a distance by using its claw as a sonic weapon first its claw is cocked like a pistol then fired

Pistol Shrimp Superheats...

 you can see other's ears are always cocked always listening I am brain yes Marceline both male/female lipids for

Cock