cocky

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

Overly confident; arrogant and boastful.

Noun

Used as a term of endearment, originally for a person of either sex, but later primarily for a man.

Noun

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

Verb

To operate a small-scale farm.

Concepten

verwaand

aanmatigend

hooghartig

snoeshaan

assertief

vastbesloten

Synoniemen

arrogant

conceited

supercilious

haughty

snooty

contemptuous

condescending

assuming

assumptive

stuck up

vain

self-assured

cockatoo

consequential

egotistical

flamboyant

high-handed

hoity toity

immodest

imperious

impudence

impudent

joey

magisterial

opinionated

overbearing

overconfident

overweening

pompous

presumptuous

pretentious

priggish

scornful

self-confident

smug

snobbish

stuffy

uppish

uppity

cockatoo fish

self conceited

self-loving

high-and-mighty

self important

ladida

featherleggy

very forward

audacious

bigheaded

blusterous

blustery

boastful

boastfully

bragging

brash

bumptious

cheeky

chesty

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈkɒki/

Etymologie (Engels)

From cock (“male domestic chicken”) + -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense of ‘having the quality of’).