rooster.
A male domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) or other gallinaceous bird.
Meaning & usage
A male domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) or other gallinaceous bird.
A bird or bat which roosts or is roosting.
An informer.
A violent or disorderly person.
A powerful, prideful, or pompous person.
A man.
A wild violet, when used in a children's game based on cockfighting.
Legislation solely devised to benefit the legislators proposing it.
Where this word comes from
From roost + -er. In the regions where it is used, displaced cock through taboo avoidance. Compare typologically Russian насе́дка (nasédka) (akin to наси́живать (nasíživatʹ), also akin to насе́ст (nasést)).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.