cockfighting

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A gambling blood sport (illegal in most countries) in which two roosters have spikes placed on their feet and are made to fight each other, usually to the death.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of cockfight

Pronunciation

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Word forms

cockfighting cockfightings cock-fighting

Etymology

From Middle English cokfytyng, kokkysfythynge; equivalent to cock + fighting.

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