- cock one's ears
1) делать уши торчком (о животном)
2) навострить уши, насторожиться
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cock one's ears
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cock one's ear — ► cock one s ear (of a dog) raise its ears to an erect position. Main Entry: ↑cock … English terms dictionary
cock one's ear — (of a dog) raise its ears to an erect position. → cock … English new terms dictionary
cock one's ear — (of a dog) raise its ears to an erect position ■ (of a person) listen attentively to or for something … Useful english dictionary
cock — cock1 noun 1》 a male bird, especially of a domestic fowl. ↘used in names of birds, especially game birds, e.g. snowcock. ↘Brit. a male lobster, crab, or salmon. ↘Brit. informal a friendly form of address among men. 2》 vulgar slang a… … English new terms dictionary
cock — cock1 [käk] n. [ME cok < OE coc & OFr coq, like Dan kok, ON kokkr, of echoic orig.] 1. a) the male of the chicken; rooster b) the male of certain other birds 2. Archaic a) the crowing of a rooster, esp. at sunrise … English World dictionary
Cock — (k[o^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cocked} (k[o^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cocking}.] [Cf. Gael. coc to cock.] 1. To set erect; to turn up. [1913 Webster] Our Lightfoot barks, and cocks his ears. Gay. [1913 Webster] Dick would cock his nose in scorn.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cock — [[t]kɒ̱k[/t]] cocks, cocking, cocked 1) N COUNT A cock is an adult male chicken. [mainly BRIT] The cock was announcing the start of a new day. Syn: rooster (in AM, use rooster) 2) N COUNT: oft N n You refer to a male bird, especially a male game… … English dictionary
listen — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. harken, attend; hear; grant; heed. See hearing, attention. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To endeavor to hear] Syn. attend, keep one s ears open, be attentive, listen in, pick up, overhear, give attention… … English dictionary for students
strain — I v 1. tighten, draw tight or taut, stretch, extend, elongate, distend. 2. exert to the utmost, sharpen, whet, hone, make keen, sensitize; rack the brain, peel the eye, squint, listen hard, cock the ear, keep one s ears open. 3. sprain, wrench,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
Cocked — Cock Cock (k[o^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cocked} (k[o^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cocking}.] [Cf. Gael. coc to cock.] 1. To set erect; to turn up. [1913 Webster] Our Lightfoot barks, and cocks his ears. Gay. [1913 Webster] Dick would cock his nose in… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cocked hat — Cock Cock (k[o^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cocked} (k[o^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cocking}.] [Cf. Gael. coc to cock.] 1. To set erect; to turn up. [1913 Webster] Our Lightfoot barks, and cocks his ears. Gay. [1913 Webster] Dick would cock his nose in… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
