cockfighting

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noun

A gambling blood sport (illegal in most countries) in which two roosters have spikes placed on their feet and are made to fight each other, usually to the death.

Similar
alectryomachyalectoromachy
OriginMiddle English cokfytyng →
UncommonScrabble 28
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Meanings

nouncockfighting (countable and uncountable, plural cockfightings)

plural cockfightings · alternative cock-fighting

  1. countableuncountableA gambling blood sport (illegal in most countries) in which two roosters have spikes placed on their feet and are made to fight each other, usually to the death.

    Synonyms: alectryomachy, alectoromachy

verb

alternative cock-fighting

  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of cockfight

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA gambling blood sport (illegal in most countries) in which two roosters have spikes placed on their feet and are made to fight each other, usually to the death.

Similar
alectryomachyalectoromachy

Origin

  1. Middle Englishcokfytyng
  2. Englishcockfighting

From Middle English cokfytyng, kokkysfythynge; equivalent to cock + fighting.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 鬥雞 /斗鸡
  • 鬥雞 /斗鸡 (dòujī)gambling blood sport
Esperanto batalkoko
  • batalkokogambling blood sport
Finnish kukkotappelu
  • kukkotappelugambling blood sport
French combat de coqs
  • combat de coqsgambling blood sport
German Hahnenkampf
  • Hahnenkampfgambling blood sport
Hungarian kakasviadal
  • kakasviadalgambling blood sport
Indonesian sabung ayam
  • sabung ayamgambling blood sport
Italian combattimento tra galli, combattimento fra galli
  • combattimento tra galligambling blood sport
  • combattimento fra galligambling blood sport
Japanese 闘鶏, 蹴合
  • 闘鶏 (tōkei)gambling blood sport
  • 蹴合 (keai)gambling blood sport
  • 鶏合gambling blood sport
Korean 투계, 닭싸움
  • 투계 (tugye)gambling blood sport
  • 닭싸움 (dakssaum)gambling blood sport
Polish walka kogutów
  • walka kogutówgambling blood sport
Portuguese rinha, rinha de galo
  • rinhagambling blood sport
  • rinha de galogambling blood sport
Russian петуши́ный бой, бойцовый петух
  • петуши́ный бой (petušínyj boj)gambling blood sport
  • бойцовый петух (bojcovyj petux)gambling blood sport
Scottish Gaelic cogadh-choilleach
  • cogadh-choilleachgambling blood sport
Spanish pelea de gallos
  • pelea de gallosgambling blood sport
Swedish tuppfäktning
  • tuppfäktninggambling blood sport
Tagalog sabong
  • sabonggambling blood sport
Turkish horoz dövüşü
  • horoz dövüşügambling blood sport
Vietnamese chọi gà, đá gà
  • chọi gàgambling blood sport
  • đá gàgambling blood sport
Cite this entry
APA

cockfighting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cockfighting

MLA

“cockfighting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cockfighting. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cockfighting,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cockfighting.

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