Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to cocker
Participle: cockered
Gerund: cockering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | cocker |
| you | cocker |
| he;she;it | cockers |
| we | cocker |
| you | cocker |
| they | cocker |
Perfect
| I | have cockered |
| you | have cockered |
| he;she;it | has cockered |
| we | have cockered |
| you | have cockered |
| they | have cockered |
Past
| I | cockered |
| you | cockered |
| he;she;it | cockered |
| we | cockered |
| you | cockered |
| they | cockered |
Pluperfect
| I | had cockered |
| you | had cockered |
| he;she;it | had cockered |
| we | had cockered |
| you | had cockered |
| they | had cockered |
Future
| I | will cocker |
| you | will cocker |
| he;she;it | will cocker |
| we | will cocker |
| you | will cocker |
| they | will cocker |
Future Perfect
| I | will have cockered |
| you | will have cockered |
| he;she;it | will have cockered |
| we | will have cockered |
| you | will have cockered |
| they | will have cockered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | cocker |
| you | cocker |
| he;she;it | cocker |
| we | cocker |
| you | cocker |
| they | cocker |
Perfect
| I | have cockered |
| you | have cockered |
| he;she;it | have cockered |
| we | have cockered |
| you | have cockered |
| they | have cockered |
Imperfect
| I | cockered |
| you | cockered |
| he;she;it | cockered |
| we | cockered |
| you | cockered |
| they | cockered |
Pluperfect
| I | had cockered |
| you | had cockered |
| he;she;it | had cockered |
| we | had cockered |
| you | had cockered |
| they | had cockered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would cocker |
| you | would cocker |
| he;she;it | would cocker |
| we | would cocker |
| you | would cocker |
| they | would cocker |
Perfect
| I | would have cockered |
| you | would have cockered |
| he;she;it | would have cockered |
| we | would have cockered |
| you | would have cockered |
| they | would have cockered |
Imperative
| you | cocker |
| we | Let's cocker |
| you | cocker |
Verbs conjugated like 'cocker'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'cocker'
ocker,
bicker,
canker,
checker,
cock,
cockle,
coffer,
coke,
comber,
confer,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- transitive: to satisfy the needs or wishes of; to give free reign to
- baby, coddle, cosset, featherbed, indulge, mollycoddle, mother, namby-pamby, nanny, pamper, posset
- to treat gently or with great care
- chuckle, coddle, cosset, dandle, make much, nustle, pamper, pettle, posset, tidder
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Uncertain. Perhaps from Middle English cokeren (“to pamper, coddle”); compare Welsh cocru (“to indulge, fondle”), French coqueliner (“to dandle, to imitate the crow of a cock, to run after the girls”), and English cockle and cock (“rooster; to spoil”). See: Welsh '
cocru', French '
coqueliner', English '
cockle'.
Sample Sentences
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[…] shall a beardless boy,
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A cocker’d silken wanton, brave our fields […]? [c. 1596, William Shakespeare, King John, act V, scene 1:]
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Cocker thy childe, and hee ſhall make thee afraid: play with him and he will bring thee to heauinesse. [1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ecclesiasticus 30:9:]
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But if you was to ask your ma, she would tell you that poor folks can no ways afford to cocker themselves up as lying-in ladies do. [1879, Jean Ingelow, chapter 1, in Sarah De Berenger, Boston: Roberts Brothers, page 6:]