cockier; cockiest
1
: boldly or brashly self-confident
a cocky young actor
he is invariably a smug and cocky stuffed shirt—
James Thurber
James Thurber2
: jaunty
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Examples of cocky in a Sentence
Don't get too cocky about your chances of getting the job.
a cocky young actor who thought that he was God's gift to the theater
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Chief among that generation is The Kid (British actor Toby Wallace), a cocky teen with his own gang that is looking to join the Vandals, but Johnny rightly senses trouble.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 21 June 2024
And the package is completed by a likeable and ebullient personality, which is confident without being cocky.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 15 June 2024
The Rock, cocky, handsome, and eager to flaunt his wealth and status, facing Stone Cold, the vicious everyman who can’t stand figures of authority.
—Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2024
And in a matter of moments, like Cinderella at the stroke of midnight, they were transformed from an inescapable force into a group of cocky but severely misguided upstart soldiers.
—Brian Klaas, Foreign Affairs, 17 July 2016
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Pete Hammond, Deadline, 21 June 2024
And the package is completed by a likeable and ebullient personality, which is confident without being cocky.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 15 June 2024
The Rock, cocky, handsome, and eager to flaunt his wealth and status, facing Stone Cold, the vicious everyman who can’t stand figures of authority.
—Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2024
And in a matter of moments, like Cinderella at the stroke of midnight, they were transformed from an inescapable force into a group of cocky but severely misguided upstart soldiers.
—Brian Klaas, Foreign Affairs, 17 July 2016
See all Example Sentences for cocky
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“Cocky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cocky. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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