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cobra

1

[ koh-bruh ]

noun

  1. any of several highly venomous, Old World elapid snakes of the genera Naja and Ophiophagus, characterized by the ability to flatten the neck into a hoodlike form when disturbed.
  2. any of several similar, related African snakes, as the ringhals.
  3. leather made from the skin of a cobra.
  4. Cobra, Military. a single-engine, two-seat U.S. Army attack helicopter armed with missiles, rockets, and a 20 mm cannon and in service since 1977.


cobra

2

[ koh-bruh, kob-ruh ]

noun

, Australian.
  1. head; skull.

cobra

1

/ ˈkəʊbrə /

noun

  1. any highly venomous elapid snake of the genus Naja, such as N. naja ( Indian cobra ), of tropical Africa and Asia. When alarmed they spread the skin of the neck region into a hood
  2. any related snake, such as the king cobra
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


COBRA

2

/ ˈkəʊbrə /

acronym for

  1. (in the UK) Cabinet Office Briefing Room A: the civil contingencies committee that leads the UK's responses to crises such as terrorist attacks and epidemics
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cobra1

First recorded in 1810–20; short for cobra de capello

Origin of cobra2

First recorded in 1825–35, cobra is from the Dharuk word gabarā
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cobra1

C19: from Portuguese cobra ( de capello ) snake (with a hood), from Latin colubra snake
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Example Sentences

It was before the Medicaid expansion, so nearly his entire UI benefit was used up on our COBRA premiums.

From Time

Cobra and One Betta will spend their shifts sniffing the face coverings of employees passing through a checkpoint to detect the presence of the virus in sweat, breath and scents due to metabolic changes that the virus causes in the human body.

In non-pandemic times, most workers who have left their jobs try to avoid signing up for COBRA.

From Time

Forget about the arm for a minute, that implausibly strong, tensile, spitting cobra of an arm.

Cobra then mills the outside of the club and attaches a 6061 aluminum club face.

Sata, who was known as King Cobra because of his sharp tongue, was thought to have been seriously ill for some time.

Miraculously, and thanks to three hundred Marines and Cobra attack helicopters, the convoy made it to Kirkuk.

Cameron later cut short his European trip and will chair another Cobra meeting Thursday morning.

Her husband, Major John Ruocco USMC was a decorated Cobra pilot and died by suicide on February 7, 2005.

In the wake of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, they teamed up again to produce Cobra II in 2007.

In the moonlight I could distinctly see the head of a cobra lying on another branch very near mine.

Then the cobra crawled along the branch to the trunk of the tree, and then on down to the ground.

The cobra was a sacred beast to the Hindus, and a seven-headed one was peculiarly so, seven being a mystic number.

All horrent the cobra exalts his hooded head, and the spanning jaws fly open.

Put round the neck a cobra-capella, and dress him in the garments by making nine folds round the waist.

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