Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to peacock
Participle: peacocked
Gerund: peacocking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | peacock |
| you | peacock |
| he;she;it | peacocks |
| we | peacock |
| you | peacock |
| they | peacock |
Perfect
| I | have peacocked |
| you | have peacocked |
| he;she;it | has peacocked |
| we | have peacocked |
| you | have peacocked |
| they | have peacocked |
Past
| I | peacocked |
| you | peacocked |
| he;she;it | peacocked |
| we | peacocked |
| you | peacocked |
| they | peacocked |
Pluperfect
| I | had peacocked |
| you | had peacocked |
| he;she;it | had peacocked |
| we | had peacocked |
| you | had peacocked |
| they | had peacocked |
Future
| I | will peacock |
| you | will peacock |
| he;she;it | will peacock |
| we | will peacock |
| you | will peacock |
| they | will peacock |
Future Perfect
| I | will have peacocked |
| you | will have peacocked |
| he;she;it | will have peacocked |
| we | will have peacocked |
| you | will have peacocked |
| they | will have peacocked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | peacock |
| you | peacock |
| he;she;it | peacock |
| we | peacock |
| you | peacock |
| they | peacock |
Perfect
| I | have peacocked |
| you | have peacocked |
| he;she;it | have peacocked |
| we | have peacocked |
| you | have peacocked |
| they | have peacocked |
Imperfect
| I | peacocked |
| you | peacocked |
| he;she;it | peacocked |
| we | peacocked |
| you | peacocked |
| they | peacocked |
Pluperfect
| I | had peacocked |
| you | had peacocked |
| he;she;it | had peacocked |
| we | had peacocked |
| you | had peacocked |
| they | had peacocked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would peacock |
| you | would peacock |
| he;she;it | would peacock |
| we | would peacock |
| you | would peacock |
| they | would peacock |
Perfect
| I | would have peacocked |
| you | would have peacocked |
| he;she;it | would have peacocked |
| we | would have peacocked |
| you | would have peacocked |
| they | would have peacocked |
Imperative
| you | peacock |
| we | Let's peacock |
| you | peacock |
Verbs conjugated like 'peacock'
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 'peacock'
decock,
recock,
beacon,
belock,
bemock,
bestock,
cock,
deacon,
deadlock,
deblock,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Pre-Greekbor.
3. Ancient Greek ταώς (taṓs)bor.?
4. Latin pāvōbor.
5. Proto-Germanic *pāwô
6. Proto-West Germanic *pāwō
7. Old English pāwa
8. Middle English pe
9. Proto-Germanic *keukô
10. Proto-Germanic *kukkaz
11. Proto-West Germanic *kokk
12. Old English cocc
13. Middle English cok
14. Middle English pecok
15. English peacock
16. From Middle English pecok, pekok, pocok, pacok, first component from Old English pēa, pāwa (“peacock, peafowl”), ultimately from Latin pāvō; equivalent to pea + cock. Compare Old Norse páfugl (“peacock”, literally “peafowl”), and English peahen, peachick, etc. See: Latin '
pāvō', English '
peahen'.
Sample Sentences
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A routine border-check in upstate New York had turned into a back-room interrogation, and I was worried, because the three friends I was traveling with didn’t respond to authority well. I could almost hear the wry grins cracking their faces as the officers peacocked. “Is U.S. Customs a joke to you?” one officer asked. My friend Alex said, “No law against smiling, sir.” [2014 May 30, Will Butler, “The Mark of Cane”, in The New York Times Magazine:]