- cock-a-doo
- cock-a-doo·dle-doo;
English syllables. 2014.
cock-a-doo
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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
