To strut about or behave in a swaggering, arrogant manner; to carouse or revel in a loud, boisterous way.
From 'cock' (rooster) combined with 'arouse' or influenced by 'carouse' (to drink and make merry). The word conflates rooster behavior (strutting) with carousing (drinking revelry), creating a term for bold, loud behavior.
This word brilliantly combines two ideas—the rooster's strut and human drunken behavior—into one verb. It's a forgotten word that perfectly described bar behavior; maybe we should bring it back!
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