| 单词 | cocky |
| 释义 | cocky (once / 5480 pages) adj Cocky means "overly self-confident," like a cocky announcement at the beginning of the season that your soccer team will win the championship without even trying. Cocky originally meant "lecherous," or lustful, but evolved to mean "arrogantly pert" in the 1700s. Cocky people don't usually stop at bragging about themselves — they'll cut you in line at the grocery store, because they think they are too important to wait. Synonyms for cocky are conceited, egotistical, and the phrase "full of himself/herself." WORD FAMILYcocky: cockier, cockiest, cockily, cockiness USAGE EXAMPLESGreen, cocky pilots fresh from the lower 48 tend to forget that rule just once. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) “In high school there was a perception that he was cocky. He’s actually hesitant about his ability, unsure about his potential and shy and quiet.” Seattle Times(Dec 27, 2016) Mr. Perry found nearly every major power guilty of cocky assumptions about the enemy, faulty intelligence and political bumbling. Washington Post(Dec 02, 2016) adj overly self-confident or self-assertive a very cocky young man Syn assertive, self-asserting, self-assertive aggressively self-assured |
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