rooster crowing
Farmyard morning call
Rooster crowing is the loud, distinctive call a rooster makes, typically at dawn but also throughout the day.
The sound—a prolonged, trumpeting cry—announces territory and marks the beginning of daylight.
The phrase often appears in rural or nostalgic contexts: We woke to rooster crowing, The rooster crowing signaled it was time to start chores.
- dawnDay's first glow
- first lightEarliest morning brightness
- break of dayMorning's earliest moment
- crack of dawnEarliest morning light
- morningDay's early hours
morning routine · farmyard · cock-a-doodle-doo · sunrise · barnyard · farm life · chicken coop · old macdonald · alarm · wake · wake up call · rise and shine · early bird · comb · feathers · hen · cockerel · strut
- weather lorered sky, ring around moon, moon halos, halos, halo
- folk superstitionsevil eye, black cat, black cats, horseshoes, horseshoe luck
- Passioncrown of thorns, Good Friday, Gethsemane, scourging, nails
- Passion playspassion plays, crucifixion, crucifixion scene, Stations of the Cross, crown of thorns
- nighttime disturbancesnoring, barking dog, car alarm, loud music, thunder
time-of-day association
rooster crowingowl hooting
Raptor's vocal call
nightfall · dusk · cricket chirping · lullaby · lights out