cock-crow
First light signal
Cock-crow is the time of day when roosters crow—early morning, typically around dawn.
The term is literary or old-fashioned: We set out at cock-crow.
It evokes rural life and a time before alarm clocks, when the rooster's call marked the start of the working day.
Male domestic fowl
- wake-upEmerge from sleep
- alertWarning or watchfulness
- summonsFormal court notification
- clarionShrill medieval war trumpet
reveille · announcement · call · herald · trumpet · sounding · farmyard · barnyard
Morning's first light
- sunriseMorning light's arrival
- sunupMorning's first light
- auroraAtmospheric light display
- twilightLight after sunset
crepuscule · horizon · glow · glimmer · dawning · streaks · rosy · eastern
Exciting strong feeling
- stirringArousing strong emotion
- wakefulnessState of being conscious
- risingAct of ascending
- alertnessActive mental awareness
arousal · quickening · beginning · start · commencement
rooster
Male domestic fowl
clarion · reveille · announcement · call · herald · trumpet · sounding · farmyard · barnyard · henhouse
daybreak
Morning's first light
twilight · crepuscule · horizon · glow · glimmer · dawning · streaks · rosy · eastern · amber
rousing
Exciting strong feeling
- stirringArousing strong emotion
- wakefulnessState of being conscious
- risingAct of ascending
alertness · arousal · quickening · beginning · start · commencement