Cockcrowing
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cockcrowing is a noun meaning The crowing sound of a cock.
Meaning
The crowing sound of a cock.
More Meanings
- cockcrow; daybreak
Example Sentences
We might have had hearts in our cradles; but, as I don't pretend to remember mine, I cannot say. Perhaps at sixteen, too, there is a sort of imagination of one; but it is a phantom which flits at the cockcrowing of reality.
Word Forms
- cockcrowings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dayspring, dawning, dawn, daybreak, sunup, sunrise.
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