Rooster
noun
A male chicken.
The rooster crowed early in the morning
Often appears as...
- crowing rooster
- rooster feathers
noun
A person who is cocky or arrogant.
He was the rooster of the group, always showing off and trying to act tough
Often appears as...
- act like a rooster
- rooster in the group
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A cocky or vain person.
The novel's protagonist, a true rooster of a man, had an unwavering confidence in himself
Often appears as...
- rooster of a man
- rooster in his manner
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Literary
noun
A male chicken.
The rooster crowed early in the morning
Often appears as...
- crowing rooster
- rooster feathers
noun
A person who is cocky or arrogant.
He was the rooster of the group, always showing off and trying to act tough
Often appears as...
- act like a rooster
- rooster in the group
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A cocky or vain person.
The novel's protagonist, a true rooster of a man, had an unwavering confidence in himself
Often appears as...
- rooster of a man
- rooster in his manner
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Literary
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Morning Call
Roosters are known for their early morning crowing, often seen as a natural alarm clock.
Farmers often don't need an alarm clock; they have the rooster's crow.
Pro Tip 2/3Symbol of Dawn
The rooster symbolizes the start of a new day in many cultures, often associated with sunrise.
At the break of dawn, the rooster announced the morning.
Pro Tip 3/3Fable Characters
Roosters appear in fables and stories as proud and sometimes foolish characters.
In the fable, the rooster boasted about his beautiful feathers.
Pro Tip 1/3Morning Call
Roosters are known for their early morning crowing, often seen as a natural alarm clock.
Farmers often don't need an alarm clock; they have the rooster's crow.
Pro Tip 2/3Symbol of Dawn
The rooster symbolizes the start of a new day in many cultures, often associated with sunrise.
At the break of dawn, the rooster announced the morning.
Pro Tip 3/3Fable Characters
Roosters appear in fables and stories as proud and sometimes foolish characters.
In the fable, the rooster boasted about his beautiful feathers.
Pro Tip 1/3Morning Call
Roosters are known for their early morning crowing, often seen as a natural alarm clock.
Farmers often don't need an alarm clock; they have the rooster's crow.
Pro Tip 2/3Symbol of Dawn
The rooster symbolizes the start of a new day in many cultures, often associated with sunrise.
At the break of dawn, the rooster announced the morning.
Pro Tip 3/3Fable Characters
Roosters appear in fables and stories as proud and sometimes foolish characters.
In the fable, the rooster boasted about his beautiful feathers.
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David Gallo: The deep...
They go from a couple of inches to a couple of feet. They come right up to the submarine -- they'll put their eyes right up to the window and peek inside the sub. This is really a world within a world, and we're going to show you two. In this case, we're passing down through the mid-ocean and we see creatures like this. This is kind of like an undersea rooster.
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Watch the Total Solar...
scream I might be afraid and also did you know that animals act super weird during they do yeah they don't know what's happening it's nighttime all of a sudden and so I was reading up on this dogs can sometimes get really scared you'll hear that birds will roost they'll actually go to bed for the night roosters will cockadoodledoo when the
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The myth behind the...
who had been the most comforting and harmonious of them, followed by the monkey and the rooster. Next came the dog, scrambling onto the shore. He was a great swimmer, but frolicked in the water for so long that he only managed to come in eleventh. The final spot was claimed by the pig,
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History through the eyes...
where they quickly became an essential part of European livestock. However, for a long time, the chicken’s revered status continued to exist alongside its culinary one. The Ancient Greeks used fighting roosters as inspirational examples for young soldiers.
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Where Our Fear of Sharks...
She also lives near a lot of roosters, so you might hear this. But back to the shark bites. - It's unfortunate that it happens, but it does happen, so trying to avoid that fact, I feel like is a bit futile at this stage. - These rare bites typically stem
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Talking and squawking PIPE...
Quack, quack, quack. There we go. Let's get that one out of there. How about a chimpanzee? Ooh, ooh, ooh. Aah, aah, aah. Very good. What about a wolf? Ooooowww. And a pig? Oink, oink, oink. And the rooster? Cock-a-doodle-doo!
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Coffin Maker PIPE National...
restaurant owner this passenger plane for an international businessman the lion commemorates a powerful tribal chief of the rooster humble farmer each coffin celebrates the life of a loved one I think I need more work for
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What makes a poem … a...
Tremor. Ran outside through sliding door. All still now. Safe. Roosters crowing." Smith uses language in a way that is powerful, direct, and filled with vivid images. Compare her language to a haiku,
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David Kwong: Two nerdy...
a silver ox, yes, okay, a red donkey, and what was the emerald color? A rooster. An emerald rooster. Okay. Now for the moment of truth, Gwen,
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Stunning Moonlight...
listening to the sounds their landscape like this throws up and he was ill piping a rooster catchers coming in off the sea
Video examples
David Gallo: The deep...
They go from a couple of inches to a couple of feet. They come right up to the submarine -- they'll put their eyes right up to the window and peek inside the sub. This is really a world within a world, and we're going to show you two. In this case, we're passing down through the mid-ocean and we see creatures like this. This is kind of like an undersea rooster.
Video examples
Watch the Total Solar...
scream I might be afraid and also did you know that animals act super weird during they do yeah they don't know what's happening it's nighttime all of a sudden and so I was reading up on this dogs can sometimes get really scared you'll hear that birds will roost they'll actually go to bed for the night roosters will cockadoodledoo when the
Video examples
The myth behind the...
who had been the most comforting and harmonious of them, followed by the monkey and the rooster. Next came the dog, scrambling onto the shore. He was a great swimmer, but frolicked in the water for so long that he only managed to come in eleventh. The final spot was claimed by the pig,
Video examples
History through the eyes...
where they quickly became an essential part of European livestock. However, for a long time, the chicken’s revered status continued to exist alongside its culinary one. The Ancient Greeks used fighting roosters as inspirational examples for young soldiers.
Video examples
Where Our Fear of Sharks...
She also lives near a lot of roosters, so you might hear this. But back to the shark bites. - It's unfortunate that it happens, but it does happen, so trying to avoid that fact, I feel like is a bit futile at this stage. - These rare bites typically stem
Video examples
Talking and squawking PIPE...
Quack, quack, quack. There we go. Let's get that one out of there. How about a chimpanzee? Ooh, ooh, ooh. Aah, aah, aah. Very good. What about a wolf? Ooooowww. And a pig? Oink, oink, oink. And the rooster? Cock-a-doodle-doo!
Video examples
Coffin Maker PIPE National...
restaurant owner this passenger plane for an international businessman the lion commemorates a powerful tribal chief of the rooster humble farmer each coffin celebrates the life of a loved one I think I need more work for
Video examples
What makes a poem … a...
Tremor. Ran outside through sliding door. All still now. Safe. Roosters crowing." Smith uses language in a way that is powerful, direct, and filled with vivid images. Compare her language to a haiku,
Video examples
David Kwong: Two nerdy...
a silver ox, yes, okay, a red donkey, and what was the emerald color? A rooster. An emerald rooster. Okay. Now for the moment of truth, Gwen,
Video examples
Stunning Moonlight...
listening to the sounds their landscape like this throws up and he was ill piping a rooster catchers coming in off the sea
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Quote examples
Adam Beach
Canadian Actor
I remember, as a kid, I'd follow the rooster and the chickens and watch what type of grass they'd eat. And me and my friends would eat that grass, like that was our lunch.
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Teri Garr
American Actress
I'm always like this with a new movie role. I always get super-defensive and make noises like a rooster, Maybe that's because I spent so much time as a chorus girl.
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Muhammad Ali
American Boxer
A rooster crows only when it sees the light. Put him in the dark and he'll never crow. I have seen the light and I'm crowing.
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Sean Astin
American Actor
If you're not the guy who is going to puff your chest out like a rooster and go fight somebody, our society discards you.
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Jeff Foxworthy
American Comedian
The more excited the rooster gets, the higher his voice goes. He's got a little bit of a Barney Fife quality to him.
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Giovanni Boccaccio
Italian Author
While farmers generally allow one rooster for ten hens, ten men are scarcely sufficient to service one woman.
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Burnie Burns
American Writer
Rooster Teeth has always had a big following in the gamer community, and we are lifelong gamers ourselves.
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Al Gore
American Vice President
George Bush taking credit for the wall coming down is like the rooster taking credit for the sun rising.
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Jon Katz
American Journalist
Dogs and other animals - goats, donkeys, cows, a grumpy rooster - continue to change my writing life.
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Joe Adcock
American Athlete
Trying to sneak a fastball past Hank Aaron is like trying to sneak the sunrise past a rooster.
Quote examples
Adam Beach
Canadian Actor
I remember, as a kid, I'd follow the rooster and the chickens and watch what type of grass they'd eat. And me and my friends would eat that grass, like that was our lunch.
Quote examples
Teri Garr
American Actress
I'm always like this with a new movie role. I always get super-defensive and make noises like a rooster, Maybe that's because I spent so much time as a chorus girl.
Quote examples
Muhammad Ali
American Boxer
A rooster crows only when it sees the light. Put him in the dark and he'll never crow. I have seen the light and I'm crowing.
Quote examples
Sean Astin
American Actor
If you're not the guy who is going to puff your chest out like a rooster and go fight somebody, our society discards you.
Quote examples
Jeff Foxworthy
American Comedian
The more excited the rooster gets, the higher his voice goes. He's got a little bit of a Barney Fife quality to him.
Quote examples
Giovanni Boccaccio
Italian Author
While farmers generally allow one rooster for ten hens, ten men are scarcely sufficient to service one woman.
Quote examples
Burnie Burns
American Writer
Rooster Teeth has always had a big following in the gamer community, and we are lifelong gamers ourselves.
Quote examples
Al Gore
American Vice President
George Bush taking credit for the wall coming down is like the rooster taking credit for the sun rising.
Quote examples
Jon Katz
American Journalist
Dogs and other animals - goats, donkeys, cows, a grumpy rooster - continue to change my writing life.
Quote examples
Joe Adcock
American Athlete
Trying to sneak a fastball past Hank Aaron is like trying to sneak the sunrise past a rooster.
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