rooster crow

Farmyard morning call

The rooster crow is the loud, distinctive call a rooster makes, typically at dawn but also throughout the day.

The sound is conventionally rendered as "cock-a-doodle-doo" in English.

A rooster crow traditionally signals daybreak, making it a symbol of morning and awakening: We woke to the rooster crow at first light.

Related

morning · sunrise · caw · alarm · farm · barnyard · hen · farm animal · wattle · comb · strut · perch · feathers · wake · daybreak · early bird · wake up call · cock-a-doodle-doo

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Opposites
gendered poultry vocalizations

rooster crowclucking

Hen's vocal noise

peep · goose honk

time of day association

rooster crownightingale song

Celebrated nocturnal bird vocalization

wolf howl · cricket chirp · lullaby · frog croak · taps

volume and assertiveness

rooster crowsilence

Total lack of sound

whisper · murmur · rustling · whimper

Family

rooster, crow, roosters, crows, crowed, crowing, crowbar

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G