rooster

Meaning

1. (Australia, Canada, Kent, New-Zealand, US) A male domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) or other gallinaceous bird.
2. A bird or bat which roosts or is roosting.
3. (figuratively, obsolete, slang) An informer.
4. (figuratively, obsolete, slang) A violent or disorderly person.
5. (figuratively) A powerful, prideful, or pompous person.
6. (New-Zealand, figuratively) A man.
7. (US, historical, regional) A wild violet, when used in a children's game based on cockfighting.
8. (US, obsolete, slang) Legislation solely devised to benefit the legislators proposing it.

Synonyms

cock

chicken

🐔

hen

🐔

cockerel

chanticleer

spider

🕷️

dove

🕊️

cockrel

fighting cock

gringo

tease

shuttle cock

tall person

arrogant man

Tori

radio recognition equipment

bantam

boaster

bully

capon

chick

cock-a-doodle-doo

crow

Translations

coq

gallo

🐓

gallo

🐓

Hahn

haan

galo

🐓

gallus

κόκορας

gall

🐓

horoz

🐓

ديك

🐓

πετεινός

Gallus domesticus

dîk

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹuːstə/

Etymology

From roost + -er. In the regions where it is used, displaced cock through taboo avoidance.