/ˈkəʊbɹə/, /ˈkɒbɹə/, /ˈkoʊbɹə/
OriginBorrowed from Portuguese cobra, from Latin colubra (“a female snake”).
- Any of various venomous snakes of the genus Naja.
“In the pools, too, was a species of small alligator or enormous iguana, I do not know which, that fed, Billali told me, upon the waterfowl, also large quantities of a hideous black water-snake, of whi”
- A type of lanyard knot, thought to resemble a snake in its shape.
- UK, broadlyA cabinet committee meeting that would use a COBR room
- UK, broadlyA cabinet committee that would meet using a COBR room
- UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialismInitialism of Cabinet Office Briefing Room A.
- UK, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, broadlyAcronym of Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms.
- US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialismInitialism of Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, especially the provision that allows some employees to continue their group-based health insurance after leaving a job; also, health insurance obtained under this law.
“There were COBRA forms to fill out for insurance, and unemployment to file for.”
- UK, alt-ofAlternative letter-case form of COBRA.
“Boris Johnson was accused on Saturday of being “missing in action” after failing to attend a Cobra meeting to discuss the national heatwave emergency following predictions that thousands could die in ”
“In the UK, a Cobra security meeting was called and in Estonia, which neighbours Russia, the prime minister, Kaja Kallas, said there was strengthened security on the border.”
- rareA male given name.
Formscobras(plural) · Cobra(alternative) · COBRAs(plural)