cockfighting
See also: cock-fighting
English
Alternative forms
- cock-fighting
Etymology
From Middle English cokfytyng, kokkysfythynge; equivalent to cock + fighting.
Noun
cockfighting (countable and uncountable, plural cockfightings)
- 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
Translations
gambling blood sport
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Verb
cockfighting
- present participle of cockfight
Anagrams
- fighting cock