cockfighting

See also: cock-fighting

English

Alternative forms

cock-fighting

Etymology

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

alectoromachy

Translations

gambling blood sport

Chinese:
Mandarin: 鬥雞 (zh), 斗鸡 (zh) (dòujī)
Esperanto: batalkoko
Finnish: kukkotappelu
French: combat de coqs 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)

Khmer: លេងជល់មាន់ (leeŋ cʊəl moan)
Korean: 투계 (ko) (鬪鷄, t’u.gye), 닭싸움 (takssaum)
Portuguese: rinha de galo f
Russian: петуши́ный бой m (petušínyj boj), бойцовый петух (bojcovyj petux)
Scottish Gaelic: cogadh-choilleach
Spanish: pelea de gallos f
Swedish: tuppfäktning c
Volapük: higokakomip

Verb

cockfighting

present participle of cockfight

Anagrams

fighting cock

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