cock-a-doodle-doo
UK/ˌkʰɒkəˌduːdɫ̩ˈduː//ˌkɑkəˌdudəlˈdu/
cock-a-doodle-doo interjection: the cry of a rooster.
Interjection
- The cry of a rooster.
- Hark, hark, I heare, the ſtraine of ſtrutting Chanticlere cry cockadidle-dowe.1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...
- Chook, chook, quack, quack, / Cock-a-doodle-doo; / All the ducks and the fowls / Admire me, they do.1875 July 23, Sydney Punch, page 1, column 1
Noun
cock-a-doodle-doo (plural cock-a-doodle-doos)
cock-a-doodle-doo meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Sanskrit
cock-a-doodle-doo in Hindi
- imitating the cry of the rooster
- कुक्रूकु kukrūku
cock-a-doodle-doo in Tamil
- imitating the cry of the rooster
- கொக்கரக்கோ kokkarakkō
cock-a-doodle-doo in Kannada
- imitating the cry of the rooster
- ಕೊಕ್ಕೊಕ್ಕೋ kokkokkō
cock-a-doodle-doo in Sanskrit
- imitating the cry of the rooster
- काक kāka
More languagesFewer languages
- cock-a-doodle-doo in Sinhala
- කුක්කුකූ, කුක්කු කූක් කූක්, කුක්කුකූව
- cock-a-doodle-doo in Tagalog
- tiktilaok
- cock-a-doodle-doo in Arabic
- كُوكُوكُوكُو kūkūkūkū
- cock-a-doodle-doo in Malay
- kukurukuk, kokokan
- cock-a-doodle-doo in Indonesian
- kukuruyuk
- cock-a-doodle-doo in Persian
- قوقولی قوقو ququli ququ
- cock-a-doodle-doo in Thai
- เอ้กอีเอ้กเอ้ก ek-ee-ek-ek
- cock-a-doodle-doo in Vietnamese
- ò ó o, o o
Forms of cock-a-doodle-doo
| Interjection | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | cockadoodledoo |
| alternative form | cocka-doodle-doo |
| alternative form | cock a doodle doo |
| alternative form | cocka doodle doo |
| alternative form | cock-a-doodle-do |
| alternative form | cockadoodledo |
| alternative form | cock a doodle do |
| alternative form | cocka-doodle-do |
| alternative form | cocka doodle do |
| Noun | |
| plural | cock-a-doodle-doos |
Origin of cock-a-doodle-doo
Onomatopoeic.
Words formed from cock-a-doodle-doo
Words that rhyme with cock-a-doodle-doo
Questions about cock-a-doodle-doo
- What does cock-a-doodle-doo mean?
- Cock-a-doodle-doo means the cry of a rooster.
- What is cock-a-doodle-doo in Hindi?
- Cock-a-doodle-doo in Hindi is कुक्रूकु (kukrūku). See Cock-a-doodle-doo meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is cock-a-doodle-doo?
- Cock-a-doodle-doo can be an interjection or a noun.
- How do you pronounce cock-a-doodle-doo?
- Cock-a-doodle-doo is pronounced /ˌkʰɒkəˌduːdɫ̩ˈduː/ (UK).
Words near cock-a-doodle-doo in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: cock-a-doodle-doo (page history and authors); cock-a-doodle-doo (Sinhala Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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