COCKY
ADJECTIVES
► CRANK lively, brisk, in high spirits; lusty, sprightly, merry; aggressively high-spirited, disposed to exult or triumph, cocky → 1499
► CREST-RISEN proud, self-confident, cocky → 1611 obs.
► CROUSE bold, audacious, daring, hardy, forward, cocky, full of defiant confidence → 1400 obs. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► FESS conceited, cocky, impudent, over-confident; proud, stuck-up → 1891 Eng. dial.
► HEAD UP cocky, eager → 1854 Amer. dial.
► HIGH-ENDED cocky, overconfident → 1963 Amer. dial.
► TOO BIG FOR ONE’S BRITCHES unacceptably cocky, disturbingly confident → 1835 Amer. dial.
► UP IN THE AIR cocky, self-opinionated → 1910s US sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► CRACKERJACK a cocky, arrogant person → 1910s US sl.
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