Our Lightfoot barks, and cocks his ears. --Gay.
Dick would cock his nose in scorn. --Swift.
2. To shape, as a hat, by turning up the brim.
3. To set on one side in a pert or jaunty manner.
They cocked their hats in each other's faces.
--Macaulay.
4. To turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid,
as an expression of derision or insinuation.
{Cocked hat}.
(a) A hat with large, stiff flaps turned up to a peaked
crown, thus making its form triangular; -- called also
{three-cornered hat}