cock-a-doodle-doo

Morning farm alarm

Cock-a-doodle-doo is the conventional English spelling of a rooster's crow, used as an interjection or noun.

Children learn it early: The rooster goes cock-a-doodle-doo.

It appears in nursery rhymes and as shorthand for dawn or rural settings.

Different languages render the same sound differently—French has cocorico, German kikeriki.

rooster

crow

Large black corvid

  • combToothed grooming implement
  • wattleHanging throat skin
  • feathersBird's lightweight covering

strut · plumage · spur · cockerel · bantam · gamecock · chanticleer · barnyard · coop · henhouse

sound

crow

Large black corvid

  • crowingTriumphant self-praise
  • callContact by phone
  • cryVocal expression of emotion

vocalize · cackle · cluck · shout · bellow · screech · proclaim · announce · herald · trumpet

dawn

sunrise

Morning light's arrival

early · morning · horizon · glow · twilight · aurora · dayspring · break of day

rural

farm

Agricultural land tract

agrarian · homestead · village · bucolic · country · ranch · smallholding · peasant · agricultural · provincial

wakeup

alarm

Urgent warning signal

rouse · stir · arise · summons · reminder · punctual · reliable · natural · clockwork · habitual

onomatopoeia

wordplay

Verbal wit techniques

Categories
Opposites
animal sound type

cock-a-doodle-doocluck

Hen's throaty call

hoot · moo · meow · hiss · cackle

time of day association

cock-a-doodle-doohoot

Owl's cry

tu-whit tu-whoo · howl · crickets · silence · lullaby

loudness/announcement quality

cock-a-doodle-doosilence

Total lack of sound

whisper · hush · murmur · peep · sigh

Family

doodle, doodles, doodling, doodled, cockcrow, doodler

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G