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cockcrow

English

Alternative forms

  • cock-crow

Etymology

cock +? crow

Noun

cockcrow (plural cockcrows)

  1. The time of day at which the first crow of a cockerel is heard; dawn or daybreak; first light

Synonyms

  • break of day, sunup, sparrow-fart; see also Thesaurus:dawn

Translations

cockcrow From the web:

  • what is cockcrow time
  • what does cockcrow mean

cockscrow

English

Etymology

From cock +? -s- +? crow.

Noun

cockscrow (plural not attested)

  1. The crowing of a cock.
    • 1872, Richard D. Blackmore, Lorna Doone
      What a goodly noise they kept, what a flapping of their wings, and a jerking of their tails, as they stood right up and tried with a whistling in their throats to imitate a cockscrow!

Anagrams

  • cock-crows, cockcrows

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