rooster

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noun

Plural noun:

roostersroo

1.
(Australia, Canada, Kent, New Zealand, US, countable, uncountable)A male domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) or other gallinaceous bird.
2.
(countable, uncountable)A bird or bat which roosts or is roosting.
3.
(countable, figuratively, obsolete, slang, uncountable)(figuratively, obsolete slang) An informer.
4.
(countable, figuratively, obsolete, slang, uncountable)(figuratively, obsolete slang) A violent or disorderly person.
5.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)A powerful, prideful, or pompous person.
6.
(New Zealand, countable, figuratively, uncountable)(figuratively, originally US slang, now chiefly New Zealand) A man.
7.
(US, countable, historical, regional, uncountable)(regional US, historical) A wild violet, when used in a children's game based on cockfighting.
8.
(US, obsolete, slang, uncountable)Legislation solely devised to benefit the legislators proposing it.

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cockcock of the roostcock of the walkbrawlermale chicken cockviolent person brawlerpompous person cock of the walk, cock of the roost

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roost henmale chicken hencock-a-doodle-doo

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From roost + -er. In the regions where it is used, displaced cock through taboo avoidance.