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Cock-a-doodle-doo   /kɑk-ə-dˈudəl-du/   Listen
Cock-a-doodle-doo

noun
1.
An imitation of the crow of a cock.





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"Cock-a-doodle-doo" Quotes from Famous Books



... consonants, which is shown by the fact that different nations assign different consonantal sounds to the same bird. We do not even agree on the vowel sounds. What is there in common between our English "Cock-a-doodle-doo" and M. Rostand's "cocorico"? And we need not go as far as the animal world. See how the nations differ in spelling out that elementary human sound which is the expression of pain or surprise, and which in this country we hear as "Oh," and the ...
— The Patient Observer - And His Friends • Simeon Strunsky
... journey, never slipping, never stumbling, but bounding along to its highest point, where we pitch our caps in the air, flap our arms for want of wings, stretch out our throats, open our beaks, and cry "Cock-a-doodle-doo!" which, being translated from the gallinaceous tongue into plain English, means—"Look at me! Here I am! Did you ever see such a fine fellow in your life? I don't believe there was ever my equal ...
— The Queen's Scarlet - The Adventures and Misadventures of Sir Richard Frayne • George Manville Fenn


Words linked to "Cock-a-doodle-doo" :   crow


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