Stopcock
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A valve, tap or faucet which regulates the flow of liquid or gas through a pipe. A main shutoff for water to a home from a municipal supply. Usually these valves exist in pairs, on outside the property boundary and one inside the property boundary.
Cock
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A male bird, especially a domestic fowl.Male chicken or other gallinaceous bird.A valve or tap for controlling flow in plumbing.The hammer of a firearm trigger mechanism.The penis.The circle at the end of the rink.The state of being cocked; an upward turn, tilt or angle.A stupid person.An informal term of address.A boastful tilt of one's head or hatA small pileShort for cock-boat, a type of small boat.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To lift the cock of a firearm; to prepare (a gun) to be fired.To be prepared to be triggered.To erect, notably lift or tilt (headwear) boastfullyTo copulate with.To turn or twist something upwards or to one side.To form into piles.