Cockfighting

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The fighting of cocks as a sport.
  • Addicted to the sport of fighting cocks; having the tastes and habits of a cock-fighter.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act or practice of pitting gamecocks to fight.
  • adjective. Addicted to cockfighting.
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  • noun. 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.
  • verb. Present participle of cockfight.
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  • noun. participation in the sport of matching gamecocks in a cockfight
    • Word Usage
    "I will go with the judge on this one, although I generally think cockfighting is disgusting and repulsive."
    cross-reference
    to beat cock-fighting  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    blood sport  
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