…a small pile of hay, straw, or other material, with vertical sides and a rounded top…
…a woman who leads a man to the mistaken belief that she is likely to have sexual intercourse with him…
…(of a gun) with the cock lifted to the position at which the trigger will act…
…glance in a quizzical or knowing manner with a raised eyebrow…
…extremely and obviously pleased, especially about an achievement…
…a soup traditionally made in Scotland with chicken and leeks…
…a crested cotinga (bird) found in the tropical forests of South America. The male has brilliant orange or red plumage used in communal display…
…used to represent the sound made by a cock when it crows…
…ruin something as a result of incompetence or inefficiency…
…place one’s hand so that the thumb touches one’s nose and the fingers are spread out, in order to express contempt…
…a valve which is linked by a hinged arm to a ball floating on top of a liquid and opens or closes a tap automatically according to the height of the ball, especially in the cistern of a flushing toilet…
…an externally operated valve regulating the flow of a liquid or gas through a pipe, in particular one on the water main supplying a house…
…a woman who leads a man to the mistaken belief that she is likely to have sexual intercourse with him…
…the sport (illegal in the UK and some other countries) of setting two cocks to fight each other…
