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Cockfighting

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A gambling blood sport (illegal in most countries) in which two roosters have spikes placed on their feet and are made to fight each other, usually to the death. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    participation in the sport of matching gamecocks in a cockfight wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of cockfight form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English cokfytyng, kokkysfythynge; equivalent to cock + fighting.

Etymology 2

From Middle English cokfytyng, kokkysfythynge; equivalent to cock + fighting.

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