1
a
: an adult male domestic chicken : cock
b
: an adult male of various birds other than the domestic chicken
2
: a cocky or vain man
Examples of rooster in a Sentence
We heard the crow of a rooster.
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Countless horror stories exist of squandered inheritances, bitter legal battles, and feuds that last generations over a single ceramic rooster that Grandma apparently promised to multiple grandchildren.
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Ashley Case, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
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One credits The Canterbury Tales, in which Chaucer wrote about a rooster who was tricked by a fox on the 32nd of March.
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Galloway Township detectives busted up the sadistic operation after uncovering online invitations to a March 2024 event, scheduled to take place at a private residence with an arena built specifically to host rooster fights, authorities said.
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Ashley Case, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Atop sits the spire, with a golden phoenix now at its summit, symbolically replacing the rooster that was found amid the rubble of the fire.
—Joseph Ataman, CNN, 30 Nov. 2024
One credits The Canterbury Tales, in which Chaucer wrote about a rooster who was tricked by a fox on the 32nd of March.
—Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2025
Galloway Township detectives busted up the sadistic operation after uncovering online invitations to a March 2024 event, scheduled to take place at a private residence with an arena built specifically to host rooster fights, authorities said.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 28 Feb. 2025
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“Rooster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rooster. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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rooster
noun
roost·er
ˈrü-stər 
1
: an adult male domestic chicken
2
: an adult male bird
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