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cock-a-doodle-doo

cock-a-doodle-doo

9.3
A loud sound that a rooster makes in the morning
  • noun
  • /ˈkɑk ə ˈduːdəl ˈduː/
  • Baby Talk
translation icon : kikirikí
  • "Cock-a-doodle-doo," said the rooster to the crow.
  • the rooster says cock-a-doodle-doo

Examples

  • He pointed at Jacksonville, then he stood on his tiptoes and crowed like a rooster—cock-a-doodle-doo.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • When the sun rose, the rooster let out a loud cock-a-doodle-doo to greet the day.

  • The rooster looked at Eric and said, "I am a rooster with a cock-a-doodle-doo."

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Every morning, I wake up to the sound of our rooster's cock-a-doodle-doo from the farm next door.

  • The children laughed as they listened to the toy that made a realistic cock-a-doodle-doo sound when pressed.

Synonyms

crow
vscock-a-doodle-doo
9 1.4

A loud, high call made by a rooster

is only the imitation of that call rather than the natural bird sound

Surface Forms

cock-a-doodle-doo singular
cock-a-doodle-doos plural

Etymology

Cock-a-doodle-doo copies the sound of a cock, which means 'rooster', and the playful parts a-doodle-doo try to copy the bird's 'crow'. That's why the word names the rooster's loud morning call or any imitation of that sound.