cockapoo

American  

[kok-uh-poo] / ˈkɒk əˌpu /

Or cock-a-poo

noun

• cockapoos
  plural

1. a dog crossbred from a cocker spaniel and a miniature poodle.

   I grew up on a farm with dogs as big as ponies, and now I live in an apartment with a cockapoo that can fit in my tote bag.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• cockapoos
  plural

Etymology

Origin of cockapoo

First recorded in 1960–65; cock(er) ¹ + poo(dle), with -a- from cockatoo

Example Sentences

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I have a cockapoo, Bobby Rhubarb, she’s 4 1/2, so my life kind of revolves around her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025

Emma Slade, from Canning Town, east London, left her role at Goldman Sachs in 2019 after she got her cockapoo.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2023

The dog, Bobby Rhubarb, a shiny black cockapoo, greeted me with a waist-high leap when I visited Lewis recently at her home at the end of a wildflower-lined canyon road in the San Fernando Valley.

From New York Times ● Jun. 5, 2023

Grew lives in New York with her wife, son and "energetic cockapoo," it says on Man's website.

From Reuters ● May 11, 2023

The cockapoo in photo c has curly hair, like the poodle, and short legs, like the cocker spaniel.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015

Watson Todd said responsible breeding, proper socialisation and informed owners were "all key to making sure cockapoos continue to be the wonderful companions that so many families enjoy".

From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026

But she says breeds like cockapoos and cavapoos "have massive skin and ear issues" and she wants to see better regulation of breeding to help.

From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026

Now lives: In a three-story loft in the Southgate neighborhood of London with their parents, three siblings and two cockapoos.

From New York Times ● Apr. 29, 2022

“Come and say hello to the dogs,” he bids me, leading the way to the kitchen, where Coco and Mixie, his 18-month-old cockapoos are scratching frantically at the closed door.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 22, 2017

Does anyone else have this problem, or is it just cockapoos?

From Washington Post