noun
cocker
KO-kuh
noun
1
Short for cocker spaniel, a breed of dog originally bred to hunt woodcock.
"Their cocker bounded across the field after every thrown ball."
How to Use Cocker
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA common short name for the cocker spaniel dog breed.
Common pairings
a cocker spaniel
an American cocker
Word Forms
cockered past tense, cockers plural, cockers plural, cockers plural, cockers singular
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Etymology
From "cock" (as in woodcock, the bird these dogs were bred to hunt) plus the agent suffix "-er."