cock-a-doo·dle-doo
[kok-uh-dood-l-doo] interjection, noun, plural cock-a-doo·dle-doos, verb, cock-a-doo·dle-dooed, cock-a-doo·dle-doo·ing. 
əˌdud interjection
1.
(used as a conventionalized expression to suggest the crowing of a rooster, as in stories for children.)
noun
2.
the loud crow of a cock.
3.
Baby Talk. a rooster.
verb (used without object)
4.
to crow.
Origin:
1565–75; fanciful imitative
1565–75; fanciful imitative
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| an imitation or representation of a cock crowing | |
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Word Origin & History
cock-a-doodle-doo
1573, imitative; cf. Fr. cocorico, Ger. kikeriki, L. cucurire, Rus. kikareku, Vietnamese cuc-cu, Arabic ko-ko, etc.
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