(v. t.) To treat with too great tenderness; to fondle; to indulge; to pamper.
(n.) One given to cockfighting.
(n.) A small dog of the spaniel kind, used for starting up woodcocks, etc.
(n.) A rustic high shoe or half-boots.
Example Sentences:
(1) But he added: “It’s also true that extremely low oil prices, adverse changes in currency rates, and a further decline in power prices are having a significant effect on our business.” Tony Cocker, the chief executive of E.ON UK, said milder weather and improved energy efficiency in British homes were behind the fall in power use, hitting sales.
(2) Flaviu, a two-year-old male about the size of a cocker spaniel, arrived at the zoo from a park in Kent after being separated from his mum and dad for the first time.
(3) JP Bean tells the story of the folk revival of the 1950s and 60s, "not an easy task", added Cocker, "especially when the events in question took place many years ago and may have involved the consumption of alcohol".
(4) Although significant cell kinetic differences have been reported for other epidermal structures (interfollicular epithelium, upper hair follicle external root sheath, sebaceous glands) in seborrheic Cocker Spaniels, proliferation of hair root matrix cells apparently remains unaffected.
(5) There was a moment of panic, a short-breathed time when I wondered what I had done with the previous 10 years, but then I went to see Jarvis Cocker at the Roundhouse.
(6) Jarvis Cocker of Pulp spoke to BBC 6Music , praising Bowie’s outsider influence: He was like an umbrella for people who felt a bit different.
(7) This inherited erythroenzymopathy and myopathy is commonly diagnosed in English Springer Spaniels, but the family study of this Cocker Spaniel, although supporting an autosomal recessive mode of inheritance, did not reveal any English Springer Spaniel ancestors.
(8) Seemingly, the seborrheic skin observed in these Cocker Spaniels and Irish Setters was associated with an altered rate of epidermal keratinization.
(9) At the 1996 Brit Awards he was accompanied on stage by a children's choir, prompting a stage invasion by Jarvis Cocker of Pulp, who claimed his attitude was "Messiah-like".
(10) A 3-year-old female American Cocker Spaniel with a chronic hemolytic disorder and hemolytic crises was found to have M-type phosphofructokinase deficiency.
(11) Never salubrious – Pulp's Jarvis Cocker even wrote a song about his time there in which he simply repeats the lines "Oooh – it's a mess alright – it's Mile End" over and over again.
(12) Retinal dysplasia has been reported in Bedlington Terrier, Sealyham Terrier, Beagle, Labrador Retriever, English Cocker Spaniel, American Cocker Spaniel, English Springer Spaniel, Yorkshire Terrier and Rottweiler.
(13) The mean age was 7.0 years for all breeds, 5.1 years for the Cocker Spaniel, and 9.0 years for the Poodle breeds.
(14) Twitter: @DerekNiemann • Badger watching: a beginner's guide The Guardian's former northern editor Martin Wainwright will chair a discussion of Country diary with diarists Mark Cocker and Derek Niemann and former editor Celia Locks at 11.30am on Saturday 15 November, as part of the sixth annual gathering of New Networks for Nature at Stamford Arts Centre, Lincolnshire
(15) Therefore we describe, clinically and pathologically, a case of pituitary tumour-dependent Cushing's disease in an 8-year old female cocker spaniel.
(16) The examined Cocker Spaniels consisted of 5 animals without renal problems for control and 21 animals with nephropathy: 12 of 1-2 years, 6 of 4-6 years and 3 of 9-10 years old dogs.
(17) One of the things I cherish is being brought breakfast in bed in the Lake District by the deputy prime minister and two cocker spaniels."
(18) Five littermate Cocker Spaniels were born with concomitant pericardial, diaphragmatic, caudal sternal, and cranioventral abdominal wall defects.
(19) 5.15pm, and I'm harbouring serious reservations about the mental well-being of Guardian Unlimited Football's readership: "I am sitting alone in my serviced apartment in Singapore, wearing a Scotland top and boxer shorts like a Caledonian David Mellor, nursing the dregs of my one and only can of Tiger," writes Neil Cocker, in what can only be a cry for help.
(20) Dogs of the Poodle, Pug, German Shepherd Dog, Cocker Spaniel, Bulldog, Schnauzer, Doberman Pinscher breeds, of mixed breeding, and of terrier breeds other than the 2 aforementioned were not found to have a higher prevalence, when compared with the general hospital population.
Crocker
Definition:
(n.) A potter.
Example Sentences:
(1) Crocker had retired from the government in April 2009, becoming dean of the Bush school of government and public service at Texas A&M University.
(2) He considers himself more of a tracksuit coach, despite seeing his influence with the younger age groups at St George’s Park diminished since Matt Crocker swapped Southampton for the FA to become head of player and coach development, but would be more than happy to be part of the body’s consultation process as they seek to identify Hodgson’s successor.
(3) "This is very sad day for the zoo family, as well as our community as a whole," said Mike Crocker, assistant parks director and zoo director.
(4) I also want to take this opportunity to acknowledge Ryan Crocker, who recently completed his service as our ambassador to Iraq.
(5) Absence of neurologic involvement at 14 and 18 years fo age suggest a Crocker type C of Niemann-Pick disease, i.e.
(6) Crocker, who previously served as US ambassador to Iraq from 2007 to 2009, warned near the start of his posting in Kabul that he thought the US would have to spend a lot more time and billions more dollars in Afghanistan.
(7) 8.30pm GMT Interception From bad to worse for the Ravens, as Joe Flacco is intercepted by Chris Crocker, who returns his pass 10 yards to the Baltimore 20.
(8) This study compares the antitumor activity of five mono- and polyesters of n-butyric acid derived from monosaccharides in the murine model of Crocker 180 TG Sarcoma.
(9) The trust was originally registered to an address close to the Houses of Parliament in London, 40 George Street, which is also the offices of 3G, the "Good Governance Group", which is chaired by Chester Crocker, a former US politician.
(10) In adult mice, absorption occurs only in spleen, testicular tissue and Crocker tumour tissue.
(11) Following features were analysed in 100 randomly chosen thyreocytic nuclei: maximal nuclear diameter, nucleolar organizer rates (AgNOR) inside and outside the nucleoli, total AgNOR according to a modified Crocker s et al.
(12) Dot and Northern blot hybridization assays were developed to detect and differentiate group A bovine rotavirus serotypes using radiolabeled serotype 6 (Nebraska calf diarrhea virus [NCDV] and United Kingdom [UK] strains) or serotype 10 (Crocker [Cr] strain) VP7 gene probes.
(13) I wish they'd replaced Burley with the female proprieter of the Local Shop on The League of Gentlemen , so we could have a Miami Vice-esque Crocker and Tubbs.
(14) Mike Crocker, a spokesperson for Greenpeace USA, said geothermal energy was one of several renewable sources that could help the US wean itself from fossil fuels.
(15) Crocker's departure may also be followed by that of the top US and Nato commander in Afghanistan, general John Allen, according to Reuters news agency.
(16) Ryan Crocker, former US ambassador to Kabul, described Karzai's job as the most difficult in the world; it is certainly one of the most dangerous.
(17) Mat Crocker, head of waste and illegals at the Environment Agency, said: "Huge tyre dumps are not only an eyesore, but also present a serious risk to the environment and human health.
(18) The compounds showed to be highly active in the in vitro-vivo screening models (Crocker sarcoma 180, Sa-180; Friend virus leukemia, FVL) but less active in the in vivo screening models (leukemia L-1210; L-1210; Nemeth-Kellner lympho-sarcoma, NKL).
(19) The state department said Ryan Crocker, a career diplomat who came out of retirement to take charge of the embassy in Kabul last July, is leaving because of health reasons.
(20) Mr Crocker said Paterson should have been in the area a fortnight or three weeks ago .