Usually means: Dominant man in a group.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word cock of the walk:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. cock of the walk, the cock of the walk: Merriam-Webster
  2. cock of the walk: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cock of the walk: Collins English Dictionary
  4. cock of the walk: Wordnik
  5. cock-of-the-walk: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. cock of the walk: Wiktionary
  7. cock of the walk: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. cock of the walk: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Cock of the walk, cock of the walk: Dictionary.com
  10. Cock of the Walk: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  11. cock of the walk: FreeDictionary.org
  12. cock of the walk: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cock of the walk, the cock of the walk: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cock of the walk: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (cock of the walk)

▸ noun:  (idiomatic) A proud or conceited person.

Similar:
ostentator, pridefulness, rooster, narcissist, grandiosity, purse-pride, strut, egomania, showoff, pompatus, more...

Opposite:
underdog, loser, subordinate, second fiddle

Adjectives:
cockey, cockney, cockie, cocky, coxy, dickey, dicky, cuckoo, pikey, cocket, iron

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Similar:
ostentator, pridefulness, rooster, narcissist, grandiosity, purse-pride, strut, egomania, showoff, pompatus, more...

Opposite:
underdog, loser, subordinate, second fiddle

Adjectives:
cockey, cockney, cockie, cocky, coxy, dickey, dicky, cuckoo, pikey, cocket, iron



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