Usually means: Proudly, confidently, often excessively so.
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  1. acock: Merriam-Webster
  2. acock: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. acock: Collins English Dictionary
  4. acock: Wordnik
  5. acock: Wiktionary
  6. acock: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. acock: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Acock, acock: Dictionary.com
  9. Acock: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. acock: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. Acock: Rhymezone
  12. Acock: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. acock: FreeDictionary.org
  14. acock: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  15. acock: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. acock: Merriam-Webster

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▸ adverb:  In a cocked or turned-up fashion.
▸ adverb:  defiantly
▸ noun:  A surname.

Similar:
coxcombically, cupward, cuckoldly, coxcomically, coily, catty-cornered, cattycorner, cuntward, kittycorners, compass, more...

Opposite:
cock-a-hoop, disheartened, discouraged

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blue, green, yellow, orange, red, indigo, violet, more...

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Similar:
coxcombically, cupward, cuckoldly, coxcomically, coily, catty-cornered, cattycorner, cuntward, kittycorners, compass, more...

Opposite:
cock-a-hoop, disheartened, discouraged

Types:
blue, green, yellow, orange, red, indigo, violet, more...



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