COCKING Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

cocking

verb

present participle of cock

as in tilting

to set or cause to be at an angle cocked his head to the side as he listened to her quizzically

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Technological dominance has been tilting toward Moscow of late, exposing Ukraine’s vulnerability to Russia’s relentlessly modernizing war machine.

— Gerard Toal, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026
Hollywood’s center of gravity is increasingly tilting to the East Coast.

— Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of tilting

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Any normal mattress would’ve been an improvement over our current one, a sub-$300 queen-size nightmare of sloping sides and too-springy springs.

— Jaklin Romine Oct. 15, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
The brush was flattened and rivulets of water ran back toward the sound, which was now miraculously some 100 yards away down a sloping bank.

— Gerald R. Hunter, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of sloping

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In the West, companies like to stay private a little longer, but Asian firms are leaning toward a more accelerated timeline, according to Lee, senior managing partner at Granite Asia.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026
But a crop of Senate candidates in more conservative-leaning states like Iowa, Texas, Kansas and Ohio, and Democratic hopefuls in newly competitive House districts, have surged in polls and fundraising.

— Stephen Fowler, NPR, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of leaning

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Witkoff’s visit to Russia comes amid mounting fears in Kyiv that Washington is angling to end the war on Moscow’s terms.

— Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 21 Oct. 2026
The others were ruffians, teasers, always angling to drink whatever was left in some grownup’s glass.

— George Saunders, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of angling

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