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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Theroux treasures every silly little turn his cocky boss man gets to take.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 27 Feb. 2025
That Johnson, who has never been a head coach before, felt cocky enough to tell that story on the podium is a great thing.
—Jon Greenberg, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
Her Lieutenant Joanne Galloway is the beating heart of the film, ensuring that justice for the two marines accused of murder doesn’t get lost among the pissing contest between Cruise’s cocky lawyer, Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee, and Nicholson’s megalomaniacal Colonel Nathan Jessup.
—Eddie Mouradian, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2025
Kieran Culkin’s good at being cocky and irreverent, and both of those characters have that.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 15 Feb. 2025
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 27 Feb. 2025
That Johnson, who has never been a head coach before, felt cocky enough to tell that story on the podium is a great thing.
—Jon Greenberg, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
Her Lieutenant Joanne Galloway is the beating heart of the film, ensuring that justice for the two marines accused of murder doesn’t get lost among the pissing contest between Cruise’s cocky lawyer, Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee, and Nicholson’s megalomaniacal Colonel Nathan Jessup.
—Eddie Mouradian, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2025
Kieran Culkin’s good at being cocky and irreverent, and both of those characters have that.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 15 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 15 Mar. 2025.
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