acock
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of acock
Example Sentences
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Ahead of him crept another mottled figure: a brown and black Doberman pinscher with ears acock.
From Time Magazine Archive
They throng the sill of the library, ears acock and eyelids twittering admiration of a prospect.
From A Christmas Garland by Beerbohm, Max, Sir
Johnny obediently waited; but he wanted to see, so he sat up on his hind legs with eyes agog and ears acock.
From Johnny Bear And Other Stories from Lives of the Hunted by Seton, Ernest Thompson
Maurice is the first to finish, standing a moment to light his pipe, his hat acock; then he is gone.
From The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls by Vorst, Marie Van
Of course, when the story reached them, the Montbazon party came trundling over in the shanderydan, with goggling eyes and ears acock, to inquire into the extraordinary tale.
From The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Wingfield, Lewis
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