cockfighting

See also: cock-fighting

English

Alternative forms

cock-fighting

Etymology

From Middle English cokfytyng, kokkysfythynge; equivalent to cock +‎ fighting.

Noun

cockfighting (countable and uncountable, plural cockfightings)

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.
Synonyms: alectryomachy, alectoromachy

Derived terms

cockfighting pit

Translations

gambling blood sport

Chinese:
Mandarin: 鬥雞／斗鸡 (zh) (dòujī)
Esperanto: batalkoko
Finnish: kukkotappelu (fi)
French: combat de coqs (fr) m
German: Hahnenkampf (de) m
Hungarian: kakasviadal (hu)
Italian: combattimento tra galli m, combattimento fra galli m
Japanese: 闘鶏 (ja) (とうけい, tōkei), 蹴合 (けあい, keai), 鶏合 (とりあわせ, toriawase; にわとりあわせ, niwatoriawase)
Kapampangan: sabung
Khmer: លេងជល់មាន់ (leeŋ cʊəl moan)
Korean: 투계(鬪鷄) (ko) (tugye), 닭싸움 (dakssaum)
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Polish: walka kogutów f
Portuguese: rinha (pt) f, rinha de galo f
Russian: петуши́ный бой m (petušínyj boj), бойцовый петух m (bojcovyj petux)
Scottish Gaelic: cogadh-choilleach
Spanish: pelea de gallos f
Swedish: tuppfäktning c
Tagalog: sabong
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Volapük: higokakomip

Verb

cockfighting

present participle and gerund of cockfight

Anagrams

fighting cock

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