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    [Noun]  | "co*coon" | \ kə-ˈkün \


    1: an envelope often largely of silk which an insect larva forms about itself and in which it passes the pupa stage

    2: any of various other protective coverings produced by animals

    3: something suggesting a cocoon especially in providing protection or in producing isolation


    Origin: 1699 ;

     French cocon, from Occitan coucoun, from coco shell, probably ultimately from Latin coccum kermes (thought to be a gall or berry), from Greek kokkos berry, kermes;

    [Verb]  | "cocoon" 


    1: to wrap or envelop in or as if in a cocoon


    Origin: 1880 ;

    [Noun]  | "cocoon" 


    1: something that encloses another thing especially to protect it;


      * e.g., " ... he retired to the cocoon of his study whenever he'd had enough of the company "



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    2: something that serves as a protective barrier;


      * e.g., " ... as the TV had been packed in a cocoon of Styrofoam, it arrived in one piece "



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    [Verb]  | "cocoon" 


    1: to surround or cover closely;


      * e.g., " ... cocooned in puffy down parkas, we braved the bitter cold as best we could "



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     [ "cocoon" ]

    1: sex in a hammock or other cocoon shaped object

      * e.g.,  ... last night me and my wife bought a hammock and set it up in the backyard and cocooned. 

     [ "cocoon" ]

    1: The sexual act of one man being sandwiched between two naked obese women in such a way that only his face, nose and/or mouth is exposed.

      * e.g.,  ... I took a shot of Jack and the next thing I know I'm cocooning with these two broads who have probably never turned down a desert. 

     [ "cocooning" ]

    1: To take vacation or comfort in the solitude one's own home --in effect wrapping oneself up, away from crowds or busy other places.

      * e.g.,  ... Some sociologist say that more and more more Americans, tired of increasing discomforts and cost of travel take to cocooning in one's own home. 

     [ "Cocooning" ]

    1: When someone excludes themselves from society and attempts to improve on a certain factor of themselves such as a particular skill, their personal appearance or an assignment so when they're done they feel like a beautiful butterfly.

      * e.g.,  ... Person A: "Is Andrew coming to the party?" 

     [ "cocooner" ]

    1: when an ugly child becomes a hot teen or adult.

      * e.g.,  ... "wow alex was an ugly child!" 

     [ "Cocooning" ]

    1: Usually occurs when laying on one's back when wrapped in blanket so that only their head is shown; blanket is also tucked under their feet and under arms. Looks like one is making a cocoon as butterflies would.

      * e.g.,  ... Girl walks into living room where she see's her sister watching tv, tightly cuddled into a blanket. Girl: "Aw, look at you all nestled up there." 

     [ "Cocoon" ]

    1: The act of pouring hot wax on your balls to create a covering like a cocoon.

      * e.g.,  ... I am going to cocoon myself. 

     [ "cocooning" ]

    1: retreating to the seclusion of your home (as for privacy or escape)

      * e.g.,  ... I put on my favorite bulky clothes and laid on the sofa for hours. I was cocooning because I did not want to be bothered by anyone today. 

     [ "cocooned" ]

    1: When you become so isolative in your life, that you enter a cocoon, becoming self sufficient & not reliant on others. You care not for interaction of other human beings as they bore the tits of you.

      * e.g.,  ... Dave - I have not seen Jeff in weeks? Joe - He`s cocooned man. He has entered the twilight zone of his own mind and no one is invited. 


     [ "cocooned" ]

    2: Any small talk attempted by strangers will incur an involvement of involuntary vomiting towards them & onto them.

     [ "cocoons" ]

    1: the act of wrapping oneself in a doona and/or blanket and trying to wrap somebody else up to, by only using a rolling motion

      * e.g.,  ... Ben was innocently writing his thesis, when Gram came in and started playing cocoons, they both fell off the bed 

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