Overly confident; arrogant and boastful.

(chiefly Britain, Ireland, Newfoundland, colloquial, dated) Used as a term of endearment, originally for a person of either sex, but later primarily for a man.

A (familiar name for a) cockatoo. / (also attributively) Short for cockatoo farmer (“small-scale farmer”); (by extension) any farmer or owner of rural land.

(intransitive, chiefly Australia, informal, historical) To operate a small-scale farm.

present participle of cocky

The quality of being cocky

plural of cocky

simple past tense and past participle of cocky

(rare) Alternative spelling of cocky

Alternative spelling of cocky