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cock-a-doodle-doo

American  
[kok-uh-dood-l-doo] / ˈkɒk əˌdud lˈdu /

interjection

  1. (used as a conventionalized expression to suggest the crowing of a rooster, as in stories for children.)

noun

plural

cock-a-doodle-doos

  1. the loud crow of a cock.

  2. Baby Talk. a rooster.

verb (used without object)

cock-a-doodle-dooed, cock-a-doodle-dooing

  1. to crow.

cock-a-doodle-doo British  
/ ˌkɒkəˌduːdəlˈduː /

interjection

  1. an imitation or representation of a cock crowing

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Etymology

Origin of cock-a-doodle-doo

First recorded in 1565–75; fanciful imitative

Example Sentences

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That morning cock-a-doodle-doo is real, and it’s not just a dawn thing.

From Washington Post • Mar. 6, 2023

And some of the roosters' crows sounded conspicuously like the drawn out cock-a-doodle-doo of their barnyard brethren, rather than the truncated calls of red junglefowl.

From Nature • Jan. 19, 2016

Do cocks crow "cock-a-doodle-doo"? At least it is close enough to explain the word.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2016

A nearby bowl crawled with flies as goats wandered by and cockerels sang cock-a-doodle-doo.

From The Guardian • May 26, 2015

The boy said: “The black man sat down and the red man looked at him, a moment passed, and cock-a-doodle-doo rang forth.”

From The Social Cancer by Derbyshire, Charles E.

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