A.S. Byatt called the sale "male turkey-cocking" though she later said she was sorry.
Israel's Binyamin Netanyahu has spent much of the past month cocking a snook at the White House.
Many Cornishmen wanted him for their official Poet Laureate, cocking a deliberate snub at their long-felt colonisation by Anglo-Saxons.
"Most weekends, it's like, zzzzz, " he said, cocking his head to the side and closing his eyes in imitation of sleep.
When you're running low on ammo, reload by quickly cocking the gun by pointing it at the ceiling, and then take aim.
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Cats danced on their hind feet, and birds followed them by the dozens, hopping along and cocking their heads from side to side.
And Carinthians, they say, have always taken pleasure in cocking a snook at those dowdy bureaucrats and grey politicians in the distant federal capital.
He is especially adept at hesitation, cocking his head like a sparrow and speaking hurriedly to others, as if trying an idea out on himself.
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