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cockfighting

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See also: cock-fighting

English

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Etymology

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From Middle English cokfytyng, kokkysfythynge; equivalent to cock +‎ fighting.

Noun

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cockfighting (countable and uncountable, plural cockfightings)

  1. A gambling blood sport (illegal in most countries) in which two roosters have spikes placed on their feet and are made to fight each other, usually to the death.
    Synonyms: alectryomachy, alectoromachy

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Verb

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cockfighting

  1. present participle and gerund of cockfight

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