peacocky

  • 1peacocky — 1. Flashy. 2. Exhibiting excessive flair for the purposes of gaining praise and adulation. When around a pretty girl, he gets very peacocky, displaying all of his colorful feathers …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 2peacocky — 1. Flashy. 2. Exhibiting excessive flair for the purposes of gaining praise and adulation. When around a pretty girl, he gets very peacocky, displaying all of his colorful feathers …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 3peacocky — ˈpēˌkäkē adjective ( er/ est) 1. : peacockish a decidedly peacocky horse in the ring 2. : exhibiting a showy air …

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  • 4peacocky — adjective see peacock I …

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  • 5peacocky — See peacockish. * * * …

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  • 6peacocky — adjective Resembling a peacock: proud and boastful …

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  • 7peacocky — Synonyms and related words: aggressively self confident, biggety, bumptious, chesty, chichi, cocky, conceited, flamboyant, immodest, know it all, obtrusive, ostentatious, overwise, peacockish, perk, perky, pert, pretentious, puffed up, self… …

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  • 8peacocky — adj. haughty, arrogant; self assured …

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  • 9peacocky — pea·cocky …

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  • 10peacock — I. noun Etymology: Middle English pecok, from pe (from Old English pēa peafowl, from Latin pavon , pavo peacock) + cok cock Date: 14th century 1. a male peafowl distinguished by a crest of upright feathers and by greatly elongated loosely webbed… …

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