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
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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Estevez starred as Gordon Bombay, a cocky lawyer who's sentenced to community service after a DUI, a sentence that eventually takes the form of coaching the pee-wee players.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 11 Mar. 2025
The case coincides with suspicious activity occurring near the border where Bernadette Manuelito (Jessica Matten) — who used to work for the Navajo Tribal Police with Chee and Leaphorn and had a relationship with Chee — now gets drawn to cocky and handsome border agent Ivan Muños (Alex Meraz).
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2025
And Merz has a personal reputation for being cocky, ambitious, and overly cerebral.
—Joseph De Weck, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2025
Theroux treasures every silly little turn his cocky boss man gets to take.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 27 Feb. 2025
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Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 11 Mar. 2025
The case coincides with suspicious activity occurring near the border where Bernadette Manuelito (Jessica Matten) — who used to work for the Navajo Tribal Police with Chee and Leaphorn and had a relationship with Chee — now gets drawn to cocky and handsome border agent Ivan Muños (Alex Meraz).
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2025
And Merz has a personal reputation for being cocky, ambitious, and overly cerebral.
—Joseph De Weck, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2025
Theroux treasures every silly little turn his cocky boss man gets to take.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 27 Feb. 2025
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 21 Mar. 2025.
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