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cock-a-doodle-doo

[kok-uh-dood-l-doo] / ˈkɒk əˌdud lˈdu /
NOUN
cock
Synonyms
STRONG
capon chicken cockerel
WEAK
chanticleer cockalorum
VERB
boast
Synonyms
STRONGEST
advertise
STRONG
aggrandize blow bluster bully con crow exaggerate exult fake flaunt flourish gasconade gloat glory grandstand jive prate preen puff shoot shovel showboat shuck sling strut swagger triumph vapor
WEAK
attract attention blow one's own horn blow smoke congratulate oneself flatter oneself give a good account of oneself hug oneself lay on thick psych show off sound off talk big
Antonyms
STRONG
be sad conceal fail hide
WEAK
be modest deprecate
VERB
crow
Synonyms
STRONGEST
boast brag exult gloat squawk strut
STRONG
babble blow bluster cackle caw cry flourish gas gurgle jubilate mouth prate puff rodomontade swagger triumph vaunt whoop
WEAK
glory in
Antonyms
STRONG
fail
VERB
gasconade
Synonyms
STRONG
advertise aggrandize blow bluster brag bully con crow exaggerate exult fake flaunt flourish gloat
WEAK
attract attention blow one's own horn blow smoke congratulate oneself flatter oneself give a good account of oneself
Antonyms
STRONG
be sad conceal hide

Example Sentences

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That morning cock-a-doodle-doo is real, and it’s not just a dawn thing.

From Washington Post • Mar. 6, 2023

And some of the roosters' crows sounded conspicuously like the drawn out cock-a-doodle-doo of their barnyard brethren, rather than the truncated calls of red junglefowl.

From Nature • Jan. 19, 2016

Do cocks crow "cock-a-doodle-doo"? At least it is close enough to explain the word.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2016

A nearby bowl crawled with flies as goats wandered by and cockerels sang cock-a-doodle-doo.

From The Guardian • May 26, 2015

To "cock-a-doodle-doo" at any suggestion is to treat it with scorn and derision, and to assume the very opposite of that receptive attitude which enables a suggestion to affect us.

From The Law and the Word by Troward, T. (Thomas)

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.