rooster's

Crowing bird's possessive

Rooster's is the possessive form of rooster, the adult male chicken.

It indicates something belonging to or associated with a rooster: the rooster's crow woke us at dawn, a rooster's comb is bright red.

The form also serves as a contraction of "rooster is" or "rooster has" in casual speech.

behavior

crowing

Triumphant self-praise

dominance · aggression · pecking order · fighting · protecting · alertness · vigilance · courtship · flapping · posturing

anatomy

comb

Toothed grooming implement

  • wattleHanging throat skin
  • spurIncentive or heel device
  • plumageBird's complete feather coat

tail feathers · hackles · beak · crest · crow · wingspan · coloring · iridescence · legs · claws

farmyard

henhouse

Poultry dwelling

poultry · hens · coop · free-range · breeding · fertilization · farm · bantam · pecking · scratching

symbolism

masculinity

Male gender characteristics

courage · virility · dawn · fertility · Chinese zodiac · weathervane · Gallic · herald · watchfulness · resurrection

culinary

coq au vin

Poultry braised in red

stock · broth · French cuisine · traditional dishes · slow cooking · flavor · heritage breed

Opposites
gendered poultry possession

rooster'shen's

Female chicken's possessive

chick's

Phrases
Family

rooster, roosters

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