cock-a-doo

cock-a-doo
cock-a-doo·dle-doo;

English syllables. 2014.

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  • cock-a-doo|dle — «KOK uh DOO duhl», intransitive verb, dled, dling. to crow; cock a doodle doo: »One of those egotistical…types who cock a doodle a great deal (New Yorker) …   Useful english dictionary

  • cock-a-doo|dle-doo — «KOK uh DOO duhl DOO», interjection, noun, verb. –interj., n. an imitation of the loud cry of a rooster. –v.i. to make this sound; crow …   Useful english dictionary

  • cock-a-doo·dle-do — /ˌkɑːkəˌduːdl̩ˈduː/ noun [singular] : the loud sound that a rooster makes I was awakened by the rooster s cock a doodle do at dawn …   Useful english dictionary

  • 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

  • cock-a-doodle-doo — cock a doo•dle doo [[t]ˈkɒk əˌdud lˈdu[/t]] interj. anb (used, esp. in children s stories, to suggest the crowing of a rooster.) • Etymology: 1565–75; imit …   From formal English to slang

  • cock — [OE] The word cock is probably ultimately of onomatopoeic origin, imitative of the male fowl’s call (like the lengthier English cock adoodle doo [16], French coquerico, and German kikeriki). Beyond that it is difficult to go with any certainty;… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • cock — [OE] The word cock is probably ultimately of onomatopoeic origin, imitative of the male fowl’s call (like the lengthier English cock adoodle doo [16], French coquerico, and German kikeriki). Beyond that it is difficult to go with any certainty;… …   Word origins

  • cock-a-doodle-doo — n. the crowing sound made by a rooster. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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