Definition of Acock
1. adv. In a cocked or turned up fashion.
Definition of Acock
1. Adverb. In a cocked or turned-up fashion. ¹
2. Adverb. defiantly ¹
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Definition of Acock
1. cocked [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acock
Literary usage of Acock
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley (1901)
"London, 4, ft ; Philadelphia, o, 2 ; Boston o, 3- acock, acocks, ... Married—George
Betterton and Sarah acock : St Geo. Han. Sq. i 33«. Acomb, Acome. ..."
2. Journal of the Senate of the State of Missouri by Missouri General Assembly. Senate (1839)
"acock, Atchison ... acock, Atchison, Biggs, Bellinger, Booth, Bradshaw, Brown of
F., Brown of Scott, ..."
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