"talk cock" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: talks cock [present, singular, third-person], talking cock [participle, present], talked cock [participle, past], talked cock [past]
Etymology: Either a calque of Hokkien 講𡳞鳥話/讲𡳞鸟话 (kóng lān-chiáu-ōe), from 講話/讲话 (kóng-ōe, “talk”) + 𡳞鳥/𡳞鸟 (lān-chiáu, “cock (penis)”), or influenced by the English phrase cock-and-bull story. Etymology templates: {{cal|en|nan-hbl|講𡳞鳥話|nocap=1|tr=kóng lān-chiáu-ōe}} calque of Hokkien 講𡳞鳥話/讲𡳞鸟话 (kóng lān-chiáu-ōe), {{zh-l|講話|talk|tr=kóng-ōe}} 講話/讲话 (kóng-ōe, “talk”), {{zh-l|𡳞鳥|cock (penis)|tr=lān-chiáu}} 𡳞鳥/𡳞鸟 (lān-chiáu, “cock (penis)”), {{m|en|cock-and-bull story}} cock-and-bull story Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} talk cock (third-person singular simple present talks cock, present participle talking cock, simple past and past participle talked cock)
  1. (Singapore, Malaysia, informal) To talk nonsense. Tags: Malaysia, Singapore, informal
    Sense id: en-talk_cock-en-verb-0KK75ADb Categories (other): Malaysian English, Singapore English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49
  2. (Singapore, informal) To engage in idle chatter. Tags: Singapore, informal
    Sense id: en-talk_cock-en-verb-qKD8gXai Categories (other): Singapore English, English entries with incorrect language header, Manglish, Singlish Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Manglish: 40 60 Disambiguation of Singlish: 43 57

Inflected forms

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