First Known Use: circa 1715
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cockalorum
noun cock·a·lo·rum \ˌkä-kə-ˈlȯr-əm\
plural cock·a·lo·rums
Definition of COCKALORUM
1
: a boastful and self-important person
2
: leapfrog
3
: boastful talk
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Origin of COCKALORUM
probably modification of obsolete Dutch dialect kockeloeren to crow, of imitative origin
Related to COCKALORUM
- Synonyms
- bluster, brag, braggadocio, bull [slang], bombast, fanfaronade, gas, gasconade, grandiloquence, hot air, magniloquence, rant, rodomontade (also rhodomontade)
Rhymes with COCKALORUM
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