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Definition of “rooster

rooster (ˈruːstəPronunciation for rooster

Definitions

noun

  1. mainly US Canadian the male of the domestic fowl; a cock

Usage examples

  • He saw no sign of a rooster around so perhaps Miss Rondel's flock weren't that kind of girl.
    MacLeod, Charlotte, Something in the Water (1994)
  • In Mumbai, the Sena supremo's son Uddhav Thackeray renamed Bangaru "Baang Maru Laxman" (the rooster 's call).
    India Today (2000)
  • "I just couldn't eat that with the rooster out there," she will tell me.
    Toronto Sun (2003)
  • I went to a comedy night and saw this six-stone pixie with hair like a rooster on stage.
    Sun, News of the World (1999)
  • --- David Dodanis, The Body Book Politicians know how easily a rooster can turn into a featherduster.
    Jim Leavesley, George Biro, THE MEDICAL MYSTERIES E-OMNIBUS (2001)

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