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
Sheriff’s deputies this week discovered approximately 200 roosters — all mutilated so that knives could be attached to them — during a search of an apparent cockfighting pit in Santa Cruz County.
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Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2024
The kicker, officials said, is that the rooster doesn’t belong to the child’s family.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 3 June 2024
The two lawmen, along with five other agents, walked into the dusty front yard, sidestepping roosters, and banged on the front door.
—Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 31 May 2024
Carrie being awoken by a crowing rooster in the middle of Manhattan is also pure New York craziness.
—Jennifer Keishin Armstrong, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2024
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Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2024
The kicker, officials said, is that the rooster doesn’t belong to the child’s family.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 3 June 2024
The two lawmen, along with five other agents, walked into the dusty front yard, sidestepping roosters, and banged on the front door.
—Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 31 May 2024
Carrie being awoken by a crowing rooster in the middle of Manhattan is also pure New York craziness.
—Jennifer Keishin Armstrong, Vulture, 1 Apr. 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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