: a contest in which gamecocks usually fitted with metal spurs are pitted against each other
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Police arrested 25 people and recovered 52 chickens while breaking up an active cockfight in Delaware County over the weekend.
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Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 1 June 2026
The arena in which a cockfight is held is called a cockpit.
—Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2026
Johnson County sheriff’s deputies arrested twenty-five people and seized roosters from a cockfight in Alvarado on Thanksgiving, according to a statement.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Nov. 2025
There were horse races and cockfights and parades of the Washington Militia and other military companies.
—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 2 July 2025
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Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 1 June 2026
The arena in which a cockfight is held is called a cockpit.
—Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2026
Johnson County sheriff’s deputies arrested twenty-five people and seized roosters from a cockfight in Alvarado on Thanksgiving, according to a statement.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Nov. 2025
There were horse races and cockfights and parades of the Washington Militia and other military companies.
—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 2 July 2025
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“Cockfight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cockfight. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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cockfight
noun
cock·fight
ˈkäk-ˌfīt 
: a fight between roosters usually fitted with metal spurs
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