1
a
: an adult male domestic chicken : cock
b
: an adult male of various birds other than the domestic chicken
2
: a cocky or vain man
Examples of rooster in a Sentence
We heard the crow of a rooster.
Recent Examples on the Web
By turns comic, romantic and heavily nostalgic, the opera is populated, in addition to its human characters, by all sorts of critters (a frog, a mosquito, a bunny, a bunch of hens and their rooster), all given the inclination to burst into song.
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Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2024
After an agonizingly long shortage, Sriracha lovers relished the news that the wildly popular Huy Fong Foods rooster bottles were reappearing on grocery store shelves and restaurant tables to once again spice up steaming bowls of pho and ramen.
—Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2024
Ants appeared to slow down or stop moving, and even domestic chickens responded—hens gathered together and got quiet, while roosters crowed.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024
Kelly’s adoptive brothers in accent were hard to place — there were comparisons to Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky (who grew up in Alabama), Kenny Chesney (Tennessee) and Foghorn Leghorn (cartoon rooster based in part on a fictional politician based on a Texas rancher).
—New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
In a symbol of resilience and renewal, a new golden rooster, reimagined as a phoenix with flaming feathers, was installed atop the spire in December, marking the cathedral’s rise from the ashes.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 14 Feb. 2024
Parmesan, the youngest chicken, had ventured right up to the kitchen door with Yard Boy, the rooster.
—Rita Nader Heikenfeld, The Enquirer, 19 Jan. 2024
Characters take overcrowded buses to low-paying jobs, or wake up to the neighborhood rooster crowing at the break of dawn.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2024
Villagers dressed as cranes, roosters and mythical lions pose for portraits standing amid crops or in fallow farmland.
—Oscar Holland, CNN, 10 Feb. 2024
Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2024
After an agonizingly long shortage, Sriracha lovers relished the news that the wildly popular Huy Fong Foods rooster bottles were reappearing on grocery store shelves and restaurant tables to once again spice up steaming bowls of pho and ramen.
—Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2024
Ants appeared to slow down or stop moving, and even domestic chickens responded—hens gathered together and got quiet, while roosters crowed.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024
Kelly’s adoptive brothers in accent were hard to place — there were comparisons to Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky (who grew up in Alabama), Kenny Chesney (Tennessee) and Foghorn Leghorn (cartoon rooster based in part on a fictional politician based on a Texas rancher).
—New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
In a symbol of resilience and renewal, a new golden rooster, reimagined as a phoenix with flaming feathers, was installed atop the spire in December, marking the cathedral’s rise from the ashes.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 14 Feb. 2024
Parmesan, the youngest chicken, had ventured right up to the kitchen door with Yard Boy, the rooster.
—Rita Nader Heikenfeld, The Enquirer, 19 Jan. 2024
Characters take overcrowded buses to low-paying jobs, or wake up to the neighborhood rooster crowing at the break of dawn.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2024
Villagers dressed as cranes, roosters and mythical lions pose for portraits standing amid crops or in fallow farmland.
—Oscar Holland, CNN, 10 Feb. 2024
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rooster
noun
roost·er
ˈrü-stər 
1
: an adult male domestic chicken
2
: an adult male bird
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