Cockadoodle
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A dog that is a cross between a cocker spaniel and a poodle.
"A little cockadoodle puppy galloped towards her, its lead trailing behind him on the leafy path."
- 1 The crow of a cock; cock-a-doodle-doo.
"COCKADOODLE, to crow like a cock (onomatopœous). The peacocks, with their spotted coates and affrighting voyces, for heralds, the prickt and enlisted; and the cockadoodling cocks for their trumpeters.—Nashe, Lenten Stuff (Harl. Misc., vi. 170)."
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More examples"COCKADOODLE, to crow like a cock (onomatopœous). The peacocks, with their spotted coates and affrighting voyces, for heralds, the prickt and enlisted; and the cockadoodling cocks for their trumpeters.—Nashe, Lenten Stuff (Harl. Misc., vi. 170)."
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Blend of cocker spaniel + poodle, perhaps influenced by Labradoodle.
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