cockcrow

English

noun

Definitions

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

Etymology

Compound from English cock (penis, male domestic chicken, a shock pile of grain, diminutive suffix, male, a roundish heap, rooster) + English crow (crowbar, crow also metal lever).

Origin

English

crow

Gloss

crowbar, crow also metal lever

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

acock English
ballcock English
blackcock English
boycock English
chicken English
clipcock English
cock English
cock ring English
cock tease English
cock-bawd English
cockaholic English
cockale English
cockaludicrous English
cockbag English
cockbird English
cockbiting English
cockblock English
cockblocker English
cockbrain English
cockbrained English
cockbreath English
cockbulge English
cockchafer English
cockcrowing English
cockerel English
cockeye English
cockface English
cockfag English
cockfight English
cockfighter English
cockfighting English
cockfish English
cockflesh English
cockfucker English
cockhead English
cockhole English
cockish English
cockless English
cocklicker English
cocklike English
cockloft English
cockmatch English
cockmeat English
cockmonger English
cockmunch English
cockmuncher English
cockocracy English
cockpit English
cockpleaser English
cockpunch English
cockscomb English
cockscrow English
cockserver English
cocksfoot English
cockshaft English
cockshead English
cockshit English
cockshot English
cockshut English
cockshy English
cocksleeve English
cocksman English
cocksmith English
cockspur English
cockstain English
cockster English
cocksucker English
cocksucking English
cocksure English
cocktease English
cockteaser English
cocktip English
cockwad English
cockweasel English
cockweed English
cockwomble English
cockworm English
cocky English
coldcock English
crow English
crowbait English
crowbar English
crowberry English
crowbill English
croweater English
crower English
crowest English
croweth English
crowflower English
crowfoot English
crowkeeper English
crowlike English
crowly English
crowstep English
crowstone English
crowtoe English
decock English
donkeycock English
draincock English
firecock English
gallicrow English
gamecock English
gorcrow English
halfcock English
hay-cock English
horsecock English
monstercock English
moorcock English
nestle-cock English
niddicock English
nigger cock English
outcrow English
overcrow English
peacock English
petcock English
pinchcock English
recock English
roostcock English
scarecrow English
seacock English
snowcock English
stopcock English
stormcock English
stunt cock English
supercock English
tripcock English
turkeycock English
turncock English
uncock English
watercock English
weathercock English
woodcock English
coq French
cok Middle English
crowe Middle English
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