Wiktionary:Word of the day/2020/February 3

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for February 3
cocky adj
  1. Overly confident; arrogant and boastful.

cocky n

  1. (chiefly British, Ireland, colloquial, dated) Used as a term of endearment, originally for a person of either sex, but later primarily for a man.

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  1. (chiefly Australia, New Zealand, informal) A (familiar name for a) cockatoo.
  2. (chiefly Australia, New Zealand, informal, also attributively) Short for cockatoo farmer (“small-scale farmer”); (by extension) any farmer or owner of rural land.

cocky v

  1. (intransitive, chiefly Australia, informal, historical) To operate a small-scale farm.
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