Meaning & use
cock
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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