noun
Meaning 1
The fleshy red crest of a rooster.
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Standard Lemma guide
cockscomb
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noun
Meaning 2
A red cap once worn by court jesters.
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noun
Meaning 3
A yellow rattle, Rhinanthus minor (flowering plant native to Eurasia).
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noun
Meaning 4
An annual garden plant (Celosia argentea var. cristata, syn. Celosia cristata), having showy red clusters of flowers.
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noun
Meaning 5
A conceited dandy.
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Usage: archaic
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fop, popinjay, barbermonger, beau, blade, blood, buck, carpet knight, cockscomb, dandy, dike, dood, dude, dudelet, exquisite, fashionable, fast man, fine gentleman, foretop, fribble, gallant, go, jack-a-dandy, Jemmy-Jessamy, jetter, macaroni, masher, metrosexual, mignon, petit maître, pretty boy, prig, puss-gentleman, smart, spark, spiff, swell, tippy, toff
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noun
Meaning 6
A serrated cleat once fitted to the yards of a square-rigged ship and used when the sail was being reefed.
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Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
Meaning 7
the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: comb, coxcomb
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: crest
noun
Meaning 8
a cap worn by court jesters; adorned with a strip of red
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Synonyms: coxcomb
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Broader terms: cap
noun
Meaning 9
a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: coxcomb
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dandy, dude, fop, gallant, sheik, beau, swell, fashion plate, clotheshorse
noun
Meaning 10
garden annual with featherlike spikes of red or yellow flowers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: common cockscomb, Celosia cristata, Celosia argentea cristata
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: herb, herbaceous plant
History
Etymology
From Middle English cokkes comb; equivalent to cock + -s- + comb.
Across languages
Translations
64 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Amis: 'adiping — fleshy red crest of a rooster
- Armenian: կատար (katar) — fleshy red crest of a rooster
- Assamese: জঁ (zõ) — fleshy red crest of a rooster
- Asturian: menezuela — fleshy red crest of a rooster
- Bulgarian: гребен (greben) — fleshy red crest of a rooster
- Burmese: ကြက်မောက် (krakmauk) — fleshy red crest of a rooster
- Catalan: cresta de gall — fleshy red crest of a rooster
- Chinese Cantonese: 雞冠 /鸡冠 — fleshy red crest of a rooster
- Chinese Mandarin: 雞冠 /鸡冠 (jīguàn) — fleshy red crest of a rooster
- Czech: hřebínek — fleshy red crest of a rooster
- Danish: hanekam — fleshy red crest of a rooster
- Dutch: hanenkam — fleshy red crest of a rooster
- Faroese: reykur — fleshy red crest of a rooster
- Finnish: kukonharja — fleshy red crest of a rooster
- Finnish: harjaheltta — fleshy red crest of a rooster
- French: crête de coq — fleshy red crest of a rooster
- German: Hahnenkamm — fleshy red crest of a rooster
- Greek: λειρί (leirí) — fleshy red crest of a rooster
- Hawaiian: lepe — fleshy red crest of a rooster
- Hebrew: כַּרְבֹּלֶת (karbólet) — fleshy red crest of a rooster
- Hungarian: kakastaréj — fleshy red crest of a rooster
- Irish: círín coiligh — fleshy red crest of a rooster
- Japanese: 鶏冠 (tosaka) — fleshy red crest of a rooster
- Kapampangan: palung — fleshy red crest of a rooster
- Latin: crista — fleshy red crest of a rooster
- Macedonian: кикиришка (kikiriška) — fleshy red crest of a rooster
- Malay: balung — fleshy red crest of a rooster
- Persian: بلوچ (boluč) — fleshy red crest of a rooster
- Polish: grzebień — fleshy red crest of a rooster
- Portuguese: crista — fleshy red crest of a rooster
- Romanian: creastă — fleshy red crest of a rooster
- Russian: гре́бень (grébenʹ) — fleshy red crest of a rooster
- Russian: петуши́ный гре́бень (petušínyj grébenʹ) — fleshy red crest of a rooster
- Russian: гребешо́к (grebešók) — fleshy red crest of a rooster
- Slovak: hrebienok — fleshy red crest of a rooster
- Spanish: cresta — fleshy red crest of a rooster
- Tagalog: palong — fleshy red crest of a rooster
- Tày: hon cáy — fleshy red crest of a rooster
- Thai: หงอนไก่ (ngɔ̌ɔn-gài) — fleshy red crest of a rooster
- Turkish: horoz ibiği — fleshy red crest of a rooster
- Ottoman Turkish: خروس ایبكی (horos ibiği) — fleshy red crest of a rooster
- Vietnamese: mào gà — fleshy red crest of a rooster
- Welsh: crib ceiliog — fleshy red crest of a rooster
- Welsh: cribell — fleshy red crest of a rooster
- Danish: narrehat — red cap once worn by court jesters
- Finnish: narrinhattu — red cap once worn by court jesters
- Bulgarian: петльов гребен (petljov greben) — Celosia cristata
- Burmese: ကြက်မောက်ပန်း (krakmaukpan:) — Celosia cristata
- Burmese: ကြက်မောက် (krakmauk) — Celosia cristata
- Catalan: cresta de gall — Celosia cristata
- Chinese Mandarin: 雞冠花 /鸡冠花 (jīguānhuā) — Celosia cristata
- Finnish: kukonharja — Celosia cristata
- German: Hahnenkamm — Celosia cristata
- German: Silber-Brandschopf — Celosia cristata
- Hawaiian: lepeamoa — Celosia cristata
- Indonesian: jengger ayam — Celosia cristata
- Japanese: 鶏頭 (keitō) — Celosia cristata
- Korean: 맨드라미 (maendeurami) — Celosia cristata
- Portuguese: crista-de-galo — Celosia cristata
- Tày: bjoóc hon cáy — Celosia cristata
- Thai: ดอกหงอนไก่ (dɔ̀ɔk-ngɔ̌ɔn-gài) — Celosia cristata
- Ottoman Turkish: خروس ایبكی (horos ibiği) — Celosia cristata
- Vietnamese: hoa mào gà — Celosia cristata
- Welsh: crib ceiliog — Celosia cristata
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