cockcrows

Definition of cockcrowsnext
plural of cockcrow
as in sunrises
the first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance by cockcrow the mysterious stranger had vanished

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Noun
  • The best units are in building number eight, close to the ocean and ideally positioned for views of both sunrises and sunsets.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
  • It's also known for its spectacular sunrises.
    Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 20 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Obama might agree on some days.
    Peter Slevin, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • The Pistons, down 3-1 just days earlier, became just the 15th team in NBA history to complete that kind of comeback.
    Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 May 2026
Noun
  • Featuring transitional pieces from the spring ’25 collection, the drop highlights timeless essentials designed to carry shoppers from cool spring mornings into warm summer nights.
    Irina Grechko, Vogue, 7 May 2026
  • The audience — and the ad dollars — have shifted to mornings.
    Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 6 May 2026
Noun
  • Warnings, laments, and odes to renewal were expressed pictorially as dying days under bleeding heavens, belching volcanoes, proud icebergs, lavish rainbows amid spangling, mist-suffusing sunlight and dawns of peace and hope.
    Sebastian Smee, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • Given the many false dawns in recent months, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas was reluctant to speculate on the outcome when quizzed by reporters on Tuesday.
    ABC News, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • But that’s not stopping Nicotero from doing all within his power to scare the living daylights out of his contestants.
    Josh Wigler, HollywoodReporter, 18 Nov. 2025
  • Playing on parental fears, The Babadook has been scaring the daylights out of us for a solid decade now.
    Gwen Ihnat, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Oct. 2025
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“Cockcrows.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cockcrows. Accessed 10 May. 2026.

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