cocky

adjective
🔊/ˈkɒki/
🔊/ˈkɑːki/
(comparative cockier, superlative cockiest)
(informal)
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  1. too confident about yourself in a way that annoys other people过分自信的;自以为是的
    • For a young man on his first day at work he’s remarkably cocky.对于一个在工作的第一天的年轻人来说,他非常自大。
    Extra Examples
    • I'm fed up with his cocky attitude.我受够了他的自大态度。
    • They get a bit cocky and think they can do what they want.他们有点自大,认为自己可以做自己想做的。
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryCocky is used with these nouns:
    • attitude
    • grin
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    Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘lecherous’): from cock + -y.