cock vs red-eye

cock

noun
  • A male fish, especially a salmon or trout. 

  • The penis. 

  • The circle at the end of the rink. 

  • The state of being cocked; an upward turn, tilt or angle. 

  • Vulva, vagina. 

  • Shuttlecock. 

  • A cock pigeon. 

  • The bridge piece that affords a bearing for the pivot of a balance in a clock or watch. 

  • A valve or tap for controlling flow in plumbing. 

  • Hay-cock, a small conical pile of hay. 

  • The crow of a cock, especially the first crow in the morning; cockcrow. 

  • A rooster: a male gallinaceous bird, especially a male domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus). 

  • The style or gnomon of a sundial. 

  • The hammer of a firearm trigger mechanism. 

  • Nonsense; rubbish; a fraud. 

  • A man; a fellow, especially as a term of address. 

  • A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock. 

  • The indicator of a balance. 

  • A stupid, obnoxious or contemptible person. 

  • A boastful tilt of one's head or hat. 

verb
  • To turn or twist something upwards or to one side; to lift or tilt (e.g. headwear) boastfully. 

  • To lift the cock of a firearm or crossbow; to prepare (a gun or crossbow) to be fired. 

  • To copulate with; (by extension, as with fuck) to mess up, to damage, to destroy. 

  • To be prepared to be triggered by having the cock lifted. 

  • To erect; to turn up. 

  • To form into piles. 

intj
  • Expression of annoyance. 

red-eye

noun
  • The common rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus), a freshwater fish. 

  • Either of two subspecies of the copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix), a venomous pit viper native to the United States: either the broad-banded copperhead or Texas copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix laticinctus), or the highland moccasin or northern copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen). 

  • The redeye tetra (Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae), a freshwater fish, commonly kept in aquariums, native to South America. 

  • The red-eyed vireo (Vireo olivaceus), a small American songbird. 

  • Redness in the eye(s) of someone in a colour photograph, as an unwanted consequence of light from a flash reflecting off blood vessels in the retina. 

  • Any of various sunfishes of the family Centrarchidae, especially the redeye bass (Micropterus coosae). 

  • A drink made by adding a shot of espresso to a cup of coffee. 

  • An overnight airplane flight. 

  • A strong but poor-quality whiskey. 

  • The red-eyed treefrog (Agalychnis callidryas), which is native to neotropical rainforests. 

  • Redness of the conjunctiva; especially when caused by conjunctivitis (pink-eye). 

  • A species of cicada, Psaltoda moerens, native to eastern Australia. 

  • Any of various round herrings of the genus Etrumeus. 

  • Any of various grass-skippers or hesperiid butterflies of the genus Matapa. 

  • A drink consisting of beer with tomato juice. 

verb
  • Often followed by it: to travel on a red-eye (“an overnight airplane flight”). 

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