Meaning & use

cock

noun·Everyday

An adult male chicken, often kept for breeding or known for crowing at dawn.

See it in a sentence

The farm's cocks began crowing well before the sun had fully risen.

Two cocks strutted around the barnyard, each guarding its own patch of ground.

A note on using this word

Cock is the traditional British term for a male chicken, while rooster is more common in American English.

Words with a similar meaning

rooster

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