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)

1. 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

1. present participle and gerund of cockfight

Anagrams

• fighting cock