cock-a-doodle-doo

See also: cockadoodledoo

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Etymology edit

A rooster crowing.

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation edit

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌkɒkəˌduːdəlˈduː/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌkɑkəˌdudəlˈdu/
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  • Rhymes: -uː

Interjection edit

cock-a-doodle-doo

  1. The cry of a rooster.
    • 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 5, column 1:
      Hark, hark, I heare, the ſtraine of ſtrutting Chanticlere cry cockadidle-dowe.
    • 1875 July 23, Sydney Punch, page 1, column 1:
      Chook, chook, quack, quack, / Cock-a-doodle-doo; / All the ducks and the fowls / Admire me, they do.

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Noun edit

cock-a-doodle-doo (plural cock-a-doodle-doos)

  1. The cry of the rooster.

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