Synonyms of the word

stopcock

• n. A valve, tap or faucet which regulates the flow of liquid or gas through a pipe.
• n. (Britain) A main shutoff for water to a home from a municipal supply. Usually these valves exist in pairs,…

cock

• n. A male bird, especially.
• n. A valve or tap for controlling flow in plumbing.
• n. The hammer of a firearm trigger mechanism.
• n. The notch of an arrow or crossbow.
• n. (slang, vulgar) The penis.
• n. (curling) The circle at the end of the rink.
• n. The state of being cocked; an upward turn, tilt or angle.
• n. (Britain, New Zealand, pejorative, slang) A stupid person.
• n. (informal, Britain, Tasmania) Term of address.
• n. A boastful tilt of one's head or hat.
• n. (informal) shuttlecock.
• n. A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock.
• n. (dated, humorous) A chief man; a leader or master.
• n. The crow of a cock, especially the first crow in the morning; cockcrow.
• n. The style or gnomon of a sundial.
• n. The indicator of a balance.
• n. The bridge piece that affords a bearing for the pivot of a balance in a clock or watch.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To lift the cock of a firearm or crossbow; to prepare (a gun or crossbow) to…
• v. (intransitive) To be prepared to be triggered by having the cock lifted.
• v. (transitive) To erect; to turn up.
• v. (Britain, transitive, slang) To copulate with.
• v. (transitive) To turn or twist something upwards or to one side; to lift or tilt (e.g. headwear) boastfully.
• v. (intransitive, dated) To turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid, as an expression of derision…
• v. (intransitive, dated) To strut; to swagger; to look big, pert, or menacing.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To make a nestle-cock of, to pamper or spoil (of children).
• interj. (slang) Expression of annoyance.
• n. (dated in the Southern US, still sometimes found in African American Vernacular) Vulva, vagina.
• n. A small conical pile of hay.
• v. (transitive) To form into piles.
• n. Short for cock-boat, a type of small boat.
• p.n. (obsolete) A corruption of the word God, used in oaths.

faucet

• n. (Canada, US) An exposed plumbing fitting; a tap or spigot; a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid…

spigot

• n. A pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask.
• n. The plug of a faucet or cock.
• n. (Appalachia) A faucet.

turncock

• n. A tap or faucet that regulates the flow of a fluid.