If they come across something they haven't seen before, they cock their head first to one side, then the other, peering out of each eye in turn, as if they don't quite believe anything until they've double checked it.
If you're still pronouncing the word " coke" as " cock" , I'm sorry you might just have to change your favorite drink to a lemonade or something much easier to pronounce.
I cocked an ear and listened. Would a sudden outburst of voices tell me that Ned Land's escape plans had just been detected? A ghastly uneasiness stole through me. I tried in vain to recover my composure.
Whether the whole world nods its head, or cocks it to the side in confusion instead, over this morning's reveal, it will have sparked a debate with cultural implications that stretches beyond " mocha mousse."
Then Sherlock Holmes cocked his eye at me, leaning back on the cushions with a pleased and yet critical face, like a connoisseur who has just taken his first sip of a comet vintage.
" Some Europeans saw an American turkey, thought that it was the guinea fowl, which at that time was called the 'turkey cock, ' and so gave it the same name."