cockfighting
cockfighting · cockfightings
петушиный бой, бойцовый петух
Hahnenkampf
A gambling blood sport in which two roosters have spikes placed on their feet and are…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.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)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.
Hahnenkampf
петуши́ный бойpetušínyj boj, бойцовый петухbojcovyj petux
More definitions
- participation in the sport of matching gamecocks in a cockfight
Translations
8 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
gambling blood sport:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
gambling blood sport:
Origin
From Middle English cokfytyng, kokkysfythynge; equivalent to cock + fighting.From Middle English cokfytyng, kokkysfythynge; equivalent to cock + fighting.
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Forms
plural: cockfightingsSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsDerivedcockfighting pit
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable