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cockfight en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈkɑkˌfaɪt/ (General-American)
  • /ˈkɒkˌfaɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From cock + fight.

Meanings

  1. A contest, in a cockpit, between gamecocks fitted with cockspurs
    • This was a very hard problem; and the Rajah thought and thought, as hard as a Malay Rajah can be expected to think, but could not solve it; and so he was very unhappy, and did nothing but smoke and chew betel with his favourite wife, and eat scarcely anything; and even when he went to the cock-fight did not seem to care whether his best birds won or lost. 1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 278:

Forms

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cockfights Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

cockmatch

Translations (47)

km លេងជល់មាន់ (contest) · eo kokluktado (contest) · no hanekamp (contest) · de Hahnenkampf (contest) · vo higokakomip (contest) · eo batalkoko (contest) · ja 蹴合 (contest) · bcl bulang (contest) · ko 투계 (contest) · ar مصارعة الديوك (contest) · pl walka kogutów (contest) · ml കോഴിപ്പോര് (contest) · kn ಕೋಳಿ ಅಂಕ (contest) · nl hanengevecht (contest) · hy աքլորակռիվ (contest) · it combattimento fra galli (contest) · ja 闘鶏 (contest) · hu kakasviadal (contest) · ca baralla de galls (contest) · ru бойцовый петух (contest) · az xoruz döyüşü (contest) · sh borba pijetlova (contest) · fr combat de coqs (contest) · pt rinha (contest) · it combattimento tra galli (contest) · fi kukkotappelu (contest) · bn মোরগের লড়াই (contest) · ms sabung ayam (contest) · eu oilar-borroka (contest) · cy gêm geiliog (contest) · tr horoz dövüşü (contest) · ru петуши́ный бой (contest) · my ကြက်တိုက်ခြင်း (contest) · cmn 鬥雞 /斗鸡 (contest) · pt rinha de galo (contest) · th ไก่ชน (contest) · as কুকুৰা যুঁজ (contest) · te కోడిపందెం (contest) · ko 닭싸움 (contest) · id sabung ayam (contest) · he קרב תרנגולים (contest) · or ଗଞ୍ଜା ଲଢ଼େଇ (contest) · ta சேவல் சண்டை (contest) · sv tuppfäktning (contest) · es pelea de gallos (contest) · tl sabong (contest) · ja 鶏合 (contest)

cockfight en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈkɑkˌfaɪt/ (General-American)
  • /ˈkɒkˌfaɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From cock + fight.

Meanings

  1. To participate in (as a rooster), or organize and run (as a gambler or bookmaker), a cockfighting event.
    • I watched through to the triumphant ending, in which Chicken George cockfought his way to freedom and came back with gold to buy his family out of postwar sharecropping. 1994, Charlise Lyles, Do I Dare Disturb the Universe?, page 245:

Forms

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cockfought Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
cockfought Tense=Past lexicographic
cockfighting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
cockfights Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Relateds

cockfighting · cockfighter · alectoromachy

Translations (4)

fi osallistua kukkotappeluun (participate in a cockfighting event) · ko 닭싸움하다 (participate in a cockfighting event) · ko 투계(鬪鷄)하다 (participate in a cockfighting event) · cmn 鬥雞 /斗鸡 (participate in a cockfighting event)