To Cock

1. (transitive, intransitive) To lift the cock of a firearm or crossbow; to prepare (a gun or crossbow) to be fired.
2. (intransitive) To be prepared to be triggered by having the cock lifted.
3. (transitive) To erect; to turn up.
4. (Britain, transitive, slang) To copulate with.
5. (transitive) To turn or twist something upwards or to one side; to lift or tilt (e.g. headwear) boastfully.
6. (intransitive, dated) To turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid, as an expression of derision or insinuation.
7. (intransitive, dated) To strut; to swagger; to look big, pert, or menacing.
8. (transitive, obsolete) To make a nestle-cock of, to pamper or spoil (of children)