Meaning

1 senses
  1. A contest, in a cockpit, between gamecocks fitted with cockspurs

    Hahnenkampf

    петуши́ный бойpetušínyj boj, бойцовый петухbojcovyj petux

    a match in a cockpit between two fighting cocks heeled with metal gaffs

Examples

7 sentences
  1. There's a cockfight in the courtyard.

    ruНа дворе петушиные бои. — Balamax

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  2. Now illegal in many countries, cockfighting continues in rural areas.

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  3. Cockfighting is illegal in many countries.

    ruПетушиные бои незаконны во многих странах. — odexed

  4. Cockfighting is banned in many countries.

    ruПетушиные бои запрещены во многих странах. — marafon

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  5. His cockfighting rooster lost.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
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Deutsch
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contest:

Origin

From cock + fight.

From cock + fight.

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Forms

plural: cockfights
Singularcockfight
Pluralcockfights

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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