EGAVE

rooster

About 0.89 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A male domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) or other gallinaceous bird.
  2. noun A bird or bat which roosts or is roosting.
  3. noun An informer.
  4. noun A violent or disorderly person.
  5. noun A powerful, prideful, or pompous person.
  6. noun A man.
  7. noun A wild violet, when used in a children's game based on cockfighting.
  8. noun Legislation solely devised to benefit the legislators proposing it.

Similar words

cock poultry chicken bird pig cat kidney pot brat geezer

Often followed by

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Word family

roosters

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