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英:[ˌkɒkə'lɔ:rəm]
美:[ˌkɒkə'loʊrəm]
cock·a·lo·rum
ka k lo rm
noun
a small self-important or boastful man.The actor is just over five feet tall, so he is often given the role of a cockalorum.
bragging.
probably modification of obsolete Dutch dialect kockeloeren to crow, of imitative origin
The first known use of cockalorum was circa 1798
1 a boxer who was as famous for his prefight cockalorum as for his knockouts in the ring
2 Muhammad Ali's reputation as boxing's most colorful cockalorum.
1 小公鸡
2 自负的人
3 吹牛
braggart gas braggadocio shenanigan taradiddle fanfaronade blow brag rodomontade put it on tall tale toot horn big words blow own horn talk tall shoot a line fish story windy bouncing swanky blown-up gascon tooting magniloquent flamdoodle bounce crap charlatan swank gassiness munchausen blague tinhorn bazoo four-flush stretch pitch blast bull romance vapour swagger quack gasconade kvell line shooting Gascon vaporing charlatanic line-shoot gum-beating crack cracker eyewash Munchausen charlatanism magniloquence braggartism skite charlatanry jactation buck brave vaporise squib bulldog vaporize talk horse shoot off mouth shit for the birds tootle own kazoo draw the longbow draw the long bow crack jaw full of bull sling it shoot the breeze shoot the bull throw the hatchet talk through hat