Wiktionary
n. The quality of being cocky
WordNet
n. offensive assertiveness [syn: bumptiousness, pushiness, forwardness]
Wikipedia
"Cockiness (Love It)" is a song by Barbadian recording artist Rihanna, from her sixth studio album Talk That Talk (2011). The song was written by Rihanna, Candice Pillay, D. Abernathy and Shondrae Crawford, with production helmed by Mr. Bangladesh. Conceptualized by Mr. Bangladesh, the producer revealed in an interview with MTV that the song had undergone many different versions before the final cut was included on the album. He stated that while he was writing and developing the song, Rihanna was the principal artist whom he wanted to record it.
"Cockiness (Love It)" is a dubstep and dancehall track. Instrumentation is provided by vocal whoops, drums and horns. The lyrics of the song revolve around declaring the singer's desire for sex. "Cockiness (Love It)" received mixed reviews from music critics. Whilst some praised the song's memorability and compositional structure, others criticized its overtly sexual lyrical content. Upon the release of Talk That Talk, the song charted in lower regions on the singles charts in South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Usage examples of "cockiness".
The open mouth, the drooping arm, the arched knee: they were such a personification of cockiness as, taken together, will never again, one may hope, be presented to eyes so sensitive to their offensiveness.
This, too, unnerved Catti-brie, because it wasn't the brash cockiness of an exuberant youngster, but the cool air of superiority of one who had seen a thousand fights and had never been bested.
Not a facade of cockiness to hide deeper insecurities, but a true self-belief and measured evaluation of what she could and could not accomplish.
Then, with his usual cockiness, DiDin spun it quickly into the air, caught it, and replaced it in the secrecy of his heat -shielding pouch.
He looked at her with a new measure of respect, then donned his hat and nodded to her, grinning with a ghost of his former cockiness before moving away to rejoin his compatriots.
If I had not believed myself in control of the flooding multitudes, their massed identities would have annihilated mine… but there in my clocktower, filled with the cockiness of my,glee, I became Sin, the ancient moon‑god (no, not Indian: I've imported him from Hadhramaut of old), capable of acting‑at‑a‑distance and shifting the tides of the world.
There was a quick cockiness in the movement, and in the eyes that glinted at hers.
She was full-bosomed but slim, with straight shoulders and narrow hips, and she carried herself with a pride that would have been cockiness in one less graceful.
He talks like a dodgy geezer vicar, all cockiness and glottal stops and suspect solicitude.
Drey was solid, dependable, and he possessed none of the rash cockiness that took most yearmen five or more years to overcome.