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cockfighting

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.11 in modern English

Syllables
cock-fight-ing
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

present participle and gerund of cockfight

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

cockfightings (plural) cock-fighting (alternative)

Phrases

cockfighting pit

Synonyms

alectryomachy alectoromachy

Questions

What does cockfighting mean?
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.
Where does cockfighting come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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