Definitions

cock-a-doodle-doo

[kok-uh-dood-l-doo] / ˈkɒk əˌdud lˈdu /

NOUN

cock

Synonyms

STRONG

capon chicken cockerel

WEAK

chanticleer cockalorum

VERB

boast

Synonyms

STRONGEST

advertise

STRONG

aggrandize blow bluster bully con crow exaggerate exult fake flaunt flourish gasconade gloat glory grandstand jive prate preen puff shoot shovel showboat shuck sling strut swagger triumph vapor

WEAK

attract attention blow one's own horn blow smoke congratulate oneself flatter oneself give a good account of oneself hug oneself lay on thick psych show off sound off talk big

Antonyms

STRONG

be sad conceal fail hide

WEAK

be modest deprecate

VERB

crow

Synonyms

STRONGEST

boast brag exult gloat squawk strut

STRONG

babble blow bluster cackle caw cry flourish gas gurgle jubilate mouth prate puff rodomontade swagger triumph vaunt whoop

WEAK

glory in

Antonyms

STRONG

fail

VERB

gasconade

Synonyms

STRONG

advertise aggrandize blow bluster brag bully con crow exaggerate exult fake flaunt flourish gloat

WEAK

attract attention blow one's own horn blow smoke congratulate oneself flatter oneself give a good account of oneself

Antonyms

STRONG

be sad conceal hide

Example Sentences

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That morning cock-a-doodle-doo is real, and it’s not just a dawn thing.

From Washington Post • Mar. 6, 2023

And some of the roosters' crows sounded conspicuously like the drawn out cock-a-doodle-doo of their barnyard brethren, rather than the truncated calls of red junglefowl.

From Nature • Jan. 19, 2016

Do cocks crow "cock-a-doodle-doo"? At least it is close enough to explain the word.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2016

A nearby bowl crawled with flies as goats wandered by and cockerels sang cock-a-doodle-doo.

From The Guardian • May 26, 2015

Immediately they got up again and rushed through the window, and catching hold of the children, they whirled them round and round, singing the final chorus all together:— O cock-a-doodle-doo!

From The Zankiwank and The Bletherwitch An Original Fantastic Fairy Extravaganza by Fitzgerald, S. J. Adair

cock-a-doodle-doo

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