Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An adult male chicken.
- n. An adult male of other birds.
- n. A person regarded as cocky or pugnacious.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The male of the domestic hen; a cock, as distinguished from the female or hen.
- n. Any bird that roosts; a percher. See Insessores.
- n. In lumbering, same as goose-neck, 4 .
Wiktionary
- n. A male domestic fowl, Gallus gallus.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. U.S. The male of the domestic fowl; a cock.
WordNet 3.0
- n. adult male chicken
Etymologies
- roost + -er (Wiktionary)
Examples
“In my last entry I believe I wrote somthing to the like of being woken up at 4 cuz it sounds like the rooster is at my window.”
“Small coincidence that the rooster is a popular bird (symbol) in Mexico.”
“Please call it Asana Yoga, although what you describe as a rooster position is very far removed from Yoga.”
Simon & Schuster: The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time
“That he is sometimes called "rooster" made me think less of cock, than of Jeff Bridges' character in True Grit, Rooster Coburn.”
The Huffington Post: Regina Weinreich: Jerusalem on Broadway: No Trip to the Holy Land
“And now, this hypercompetitive bantam rooster is attempting to blame others for what went wrong.”
“An old farmer raises a few chickens and pigs and has a cow or two but his rooster is getting old.”
“They go up to the house and the old rooster takes off, he rounds the corner and heads out in front of the front porch, the young rooster is quickly catching up and when he is only a few feet behind BANG the farmer shoots the young rooster and mutters to himself, "dang, that's the third gay rooster I've bought this month.”
“The rooster is now annoying a neighbor who stole some building materials from me, and life is good. wendy devlin”
“And I actually happened to come across a fuckin rooster on a random walk through my south bronx hood … although im sure no one will find that surprising … lol”
“Even the word rooster was considered bad by their filters.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘rooster’.
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
A complete Barron's Wordlist for GRE preparation. Your online flashcard replacement.
abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4087 more...
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birds
birds with singular names from
at least 9 English dictionariesaasvogel, aberdevine, accentor, accipiter, aepyornis, agami, albatross, alcatras, alcid, alcidine, amadavat, amokura and 1056 more...
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bad memory
copper, anvil, oblique, thrust, shrine, welfare, farewell, bitter, faction, sectarian, tangible, spectacle and 134 more...
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RELI - words with Biblical connotations
Words in the Bible evoking biblical stories or with special spiritual meaning. Proper names have been reduced to the minimum.
ark, judgement, holy, saint, baptism, spirit, love, eternal, altar, balsam, covenant, flood and 1115 more...
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RELI - words you immediately associat...
advent, almighty, altar, anoint, apostle, archangel, ark, Balaam, baptism, baptist, baptize, begotten and 341 more...
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Down on the Farm
All things farm and agriculture related.
barn, tractor, cow, hay, horse, pig, corn, plough, irrigation, subsidies, crops, plant and 260 more...
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It's All Free
Things people are giving away on a bulletin board I frequent.
fairy dresses, microwave oven, bluetooth mouse, puppies, capsicum seedlings, dvds, pedometer, laptop, bicycle, mini-grill, bag of baby bottles, tent and 245 more...
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Mary and Max (2009)
Words from 2009 'Mary and Max' film.
muddy, puddle, birthmark, piggyback, pensive, gumnut, pompom, salvage, takeaway, oven, shed, deliberate and 112 more...
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Unique Words and Acronyms Used In the...
American troops created their own language in the Vietnam War. This list tries to record them.
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ash
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abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abide, abject, abjure and 4874 more...
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another yet
anneal, copepod, cuckoo, fathead, intone, patter, cabriole, knickknack, boodle, kit, estrange, forebode and 209 more...
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Critters
cockle, cicada, appaloosa, brachiopod, bivalve, aye-aye, cygnet, alewife, chamois, ermine, drake, dugong and 381 more...
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Tunie: Night Train to Lorca
By the Pogues, on the LP "Peace and Love." I don't know if it's the stark simplicity of the individual words or the evocative images conjured by their juxtaposition, but I simply love these lyrics....
crow, rooster, dawn, cranks, whirling, pistons, gleaming, glow, orange, eye, flames, danced and 48 more...
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R is for Red Clown
My R Words
rabble-rouser, rabblerouser, red clown, rabblerousing, ragamuffin, rama lama ding dong, rapscallion, rascal, ratfink, red herring, red rover, renegade and 39 more...
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librarygrrrl's Words
moist, chicken, boing, beast, lovey, woof, penguin, present, gift, wrap, tree, lights and 27 more...
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CATAPP
ogre, rooster, pittance, bugger, excruciate, debauchery, insolent
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