Crossword-Solution: COCKY
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Cocky | a. | Pert. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TEAER
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with COCKY (5)
The South, especially, was outraged when large numbers of "cocky" Negroes from the North descended upon some sleepy, peaceful town.
Cora was not the kind of person to try a popgun on an enemy when she had a thirteen-inch gun at her disposal; so he reasoned; and in the gush of his relief and happiness, responded: "You're a little too cocky lately, Cora-lee: I wish you were _my_ daughter--just about five minutes!" Cora looked upon him fondly.
Are there to be no more “old ladies”? Will the next generation have to look back when the word “grandmother” is mentioned, to a stylish vision in Parisian apparel, décolleté and decked in jewels, or arrayed in cocky little bonnets, perched on tousled curls, knowing jackets, and golfing skirts? The present horror of anything elderly comes, probably, from the fact that the preceding generation went to the other extreme, young women retiring at forty into becapped old age.
And then, when she gets too cocky, when she begins to measure her wits and brain and strength against that of men, and finds herself superior, he just taps her smartly on the head and shins, so that she stumbles, falls, and rolls down a few miles on the road she has traveled so painfully.
Every year it annoys me that Dora should have her birthday on the same day as Father; What annoys me most of all is that she is so cocky about it, for, as Father always says, it’s a mere chance.
Quotes with COCKY (3)
Confidence is ignorance. If you're feeling cocky, it's because there's something you don't know.
The name outlaw Christian describes the kind of Christian I am and the kind I’m setting myself free to become: namely, a follower of Jesus who no longer accepts cocky clichés, hackneyed hope, or snappy theodicies — defenses of God’s goodness and power — that explain away evil and suffering with a theo-magical sleight of hand. An outlaw Christian doesn’t condemn questions or discourage doubt. Instead, an outlaw Christian seeks to live an authentic life of faith and integrity, …
The atheism and nihilism of my earlier years now seems shallow, and even a bit cocky.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 21 times in crossword archives (1973–2024).