cock-a-doodle-doo
[ kok-uh-dood-l-doo ]
/ ˈkɒk əˌdud lˈdu /
interjection
(used as a conventionalized expression to suggest the crowing of a rooster, as in stories for children.)
noun, plural cock-a-doo·dle-doos.
the loud crow of a cock.
Baby Talk.
a rooster.
verb (used without object), cock-a-doo·dle-dooed, cock-a-doo·dle-doo·ing.
to crow.
Origin of cock-a-doodle-doo
First recorded in 1565–75; fanciful imitative
Words nearby cock-a-doodle-doo
cock feather,
cock of the walk,
cock of the woods,
cock rock,
cock's-foot,
cock-a-doodle-doo,
cock-a-hoop,
cock-a-leekie,
cock-and-bull story,
cock-of-the-rock,
cockabully
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British Dictionary definitions for cock-a-doodle-doo
cock-a-doodle-doo
/ (ˌkɒkəˌduːdəlˈduː) /
interjection
an imitation or representation of a cock crowing