cocket

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒkɪt/
• Rhymes: -ɒkɪt

Etymology 1

Possibly from Latin quo quietus.

Noun

cocket (plural cockets)

1. (UK, obsolete) A document issued by the bond office stating that duty has been paid and goods may be sold.
2. (UK, obsolete) An office in a customhouse where goods intended for export are entered.

Derived terms

• cocket writer

Etymology 2

French coquet (“coquettish”).

Adjective

cocket (comparative more cocket, superlative most cocket)

1. (obsolete) pert; saucy
   • 1608, Thomas Heywood, The Rape of Lucrece, act 3, scene 1:

     Let her legs be small, but not us'd to sprawl, / Her tongue not too loud nor cocket;

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:cheeky

See also

• cocket-bread

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “cocket”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)