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cockscrow

cockscrow noun: the crowing of a cock.

Noun

cockscrow (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural) The crowing of a cock.
    • What a goodly noise they kept, what a flapping of their wings, and a jerking of their tails, as they stood right up and tried with a whistling in their throats to imitate a cockscrow!1872, Richard D. Blackmore, Lorna Doone

Origin of cockscrow

From Middle English cokkes crowe; equivalent to cock + -s- + crow.

Questions about cockscrow

What does cockscrow mean?
Cockscrow means the crowing of a cock.
What part of speech is cockscrow?
Cockscrow is a noun.

Words near cockscrow in the dictionary

  1. cocksack
  2. cocksacks
  3. cockscomb
  4. cockscombed
  5. cockscombs
  6. cockscrow
  7. Cocksedge
  8. Cocksedges
  9. cockserver
  10. cockservers
  11. Cockses

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