- cock-a-doodle-doo
- cock-a-doodle-doo 1570s, imitative; Cf. Fr. cocorico, Ger. kikeriki, L. cucurire, Rus. kikareku, Vietnamese cuc-cu, Arabic ko-ko, etc.
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cock-a-doodle-doo
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cock-a-doodle-doo — n. the crowing sound made by a rooster. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cock-a-doodle-doo — [käk΄ə do͞od΄ l do͞o′] n. [echoic] a conventionalized term for the crow of a rooster … English World dictionary
Cock a doodle doo — For the sound a rooster makes, see Rooster. For the Herman Melville short story, see Cock A Doodle Doo!. Cock a doodle doo Roud #3464 Written by Traditional Published 1765 Written England Language English Form Nursery rhyme … Wikipedia
Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! — For the nursery rhyme, see Cock A Doodle Doo. Cock A Doodle Doo! or, The Crowing of the Nobel Cock Beneventano Author(s) … Wikipedia
cock-a-doodle-doo — UK [ˌkɒkə ˌduːd(ə)l ˈduː] / US [ˌkɑkəˌdud(ə)lˈdu] noun [countable] Word forms cock a doodle doo : singular cock a doodle doo plural cock doodle doos the loud sound that a cock (= male chicken) makes … English dictionary
cock-a-doodle-doo — /kok euh doohd l dooh /, interj., n., pl. cock a doodle doos, v., cock a doodle dooed, cock a doodle dooing. interj. 1. (used as a conventionalized expression to suggest the crowing of a rooster, as in stories for children.) n. 2. the loud crow… … Universalium
cock-a-doodle-doo — /ˌkɒk ə dudl ˈdu/ (say .kok uh doohdl dooh) noun (plural cock a doodle doos) 1. the sound of the crowing of a cock. –verb (i) (cock a doodle dooed, cock a doodle dooing) 2. to crow …
cock-a-doodle-doo — cock a doo|dle doo [ ,kakə,dudl du ] noun count the loud sound that a COCK (=male chicken) makes … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
cock-a-doodle-doo — cock a doo|dle doo [ˌkɔk ə ˌdu:dl ˈdu: US ˌka:k ] n [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: From the sound] the loud sound made by an adult male chicken … Dictionary of contemporary English
cock-a-doodle-doo — cock a doo·dle doo … English syllables
