Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

cockfight

American  
[kok-fahyt] / ˈkɒkˌfaɪt /

noun

  1. a fight between specially bred gamecocks usually fitted with spurs.

cockfight British  
/ ˈkɒkˌfaɪt /

noun

  1. a fight between two gamecocks fitted with sharp metal spurs

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • cockfighting noun

Etymology

Origin of cockfight

First recorded in 1485–95; cock 1 + fight

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.