rooster

Definitions

1. The tenth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
2. A male domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) or other gallinaceous bird.
   Australia, Canada, Kent, New-Zealand, US
3. A male domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) or other gallinaceous bird
4. A bird or bat which roosts or is roosting
5. A bird or bat which roosts or is roosting.
6. An informer
7. An informer.
   figuratively, obsolete, slang
8. A violent or disorderly person
9. A violent or disorderly person.
   figuratively, obsolete, slang
10. A powerful, prideful, or pompous person
11. A powerful, prideful, or pompous person.
    figuratively
12. A man.
    New-Zealand, figuratively
13. A wild violet, when used in a children's game based on cockfighting.
    US, historical, regional
14. Legislation solely devised to benefit the legislators proposing it.
    US, obsolete, slang

Equivalents

65 more languages

Afrikaanshaan

አማርኛአውራ ዶሮ

العربيةأبو اليقظانالدّيكديك

Azərbaycan dilixoruz

Беларускаяпевеньпяту́х

Българскипете́л

Bosanskihorozpetaopijetaopijevacкокошпевацпетаопијевацпијетаохороз+ 7 more

Catalàgall

Češtinakohoutkur

Cymraegceiliogceiliogod

Danskhanekok

Ελληνικάαλέκτοραςκόκοραςπετεινός

Esperantokokiĉovirkoko

EestiKikaskukk

Euskaraoilar

فارسیخروس

Suomikukkopunaheltta

Gaeilgecoileach

Gàidhligcoileach

Galegogalo

ગુજરાતીકૂકડો

עבריתגברתַּרְנְגוֹל

हिन्दीकुक्कुटमुर्ग़मुर्ग़ा

Hrvatskihorozpetaopijetaopijevacкокошпевацпетаопијевацпијетаохороз+ 7 more

Magyarkakas

Հայերենաքաղաղաքլորխորոզ

Bahasa Indonesiaayam jagoayam jantanayam jantan dewasajago+ 1 more

Íslenskahani

Italianogallo

日本語コック酉雄鳥

ქართულიმამალი

Қазақ тіліәтешқораз

ភាសាខ្មែរមាន់ឈ្មោល

한국어수탉

Kurdîcoqçoqhanêhanîkokkurkûr+ 4 more

Кыргызчакороз

Latinagallinusgallus

Lietuviųgaidys

Latviešugailis

Македонскипетел

മലയാളംപൂവങ്കോഴി

Maltiserdukserduq

မြန်မာကြက်ဖ

Nederlandshaan

ଓଡ଼ିଆଗଞ୍ଜା

Polskikogucikogutkokotkurkurkowy+ 2 more

Portuguêsgalo

Românăcocoș

Русскийко́четпе́веньпетух

Slovenčinakohút

Slovenščinapetelin

Shqipgjelkokosh

Српскиhorozpetaopijetaopijevacкокошпевацпетаопијевацпијетаохороз+ 7 more

Svenskatupp

Kiswahilijogoo

தமிழ்சேவல்

తెలుగుకోడిపుంజు

ไทยระกาไก่ตัวผู้

Tagalogtandang

Türkçehoroz

ئۇيغۇرچەخوراز

Українськако́гутко́кошпівень

اردوخروس

Tiếng Việtgà cồgà trống

Yorùbáakukọ

Examples

“Their other dish […] contain'd a number⟳ of roast fowls—half a dozen, we suppose⟳, & all roosters at this season no doubt⟳.”

“The produce⟳ of two hens and a cock, or rooster, as the Yankees term that bird.”

“Chalk a circle for a rooster.”

“The more leisured flight of the roosters [sc. starlings] was in contrast to the steady procession of the migrants.”

“Ground roosters like⟳ Northern Harriers may be subject to predation by Great-horned Owls […] but still larger perchers like⟳ herons and Ospreys use⟳ snags or posts in conspicuous places but are large enough to escape⟳ aerial predators.”

“In April they played Hens and Roosters, yoking their wild white and blue violets to see⟳ which would get⟳ its head pulled off.”

“American demoralisation... has carried rooster into the halls of republican legislation, where it indicates a bill or proposed law which will remunerate the legislators.”

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