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cockadoodledoo

cockadoodledoo is the alternative spelling of cock-a-doodle-doo.

Meaning of cock-a-doodle-doo

Interjection

  1. 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...

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Forms of cockadoodledoo

pluralcockadoodledoos

Questions about cockadoodledoo

What is cockadoodledoo the alternative spelling of?
Cockadoodledoo is the alternative spelling of cock-a-doodle-doo.

Words near cockadoodledoo in the dictionary

  1. cockades
  2. cockadoodle
  3. cockadoodle broth
  4. cockadoodled
  5. cockadoodledo
  6. cockadoodledoo
  7. cockadoodledoos
  8. cockadoodledos
  9. cockadoodles
  10. cockadoodling
  11. cockaholic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cockadoodledoo (page history and authors); cock-a-doodle-doo (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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