Definition of Gamecock

1. Noun. A cock bred and trained for fighting.

Exact synonyms: Fighting Cock
Generic synonyms: Cock

2. Noun. Someone who is a very fierce fighter.
Exact synonyms: Hell-kite, Hell-rooster
Generic synonyms: Battler, Belligerent, Combatant, Fighter, Scrapper

Definition of Gamecock

1. n. The male game fowl.

Definition of Gamecock

1. Noun. A fighting cock: a rooster used in cockfighting. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gamecock

1. a rooster trained for fighting [n -S]

Medical Definition of Gamecock

1. The male game fowl. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gamecock

game theorists
game theory
game warden
game with a purpose
gamebag
gamebags
gamebird
gamebirds
gameboard
gameboards
gamebook
gamebooks
gamecard
gamecards
gamecatcher
gamecock (current term)
gamecocks
gamed
gamed the system
gamefic
gamefish
gamefishes
gamefowl
gamefowls
gameful
gamekeeper
gamekeeper's thumb
gamekeepers
gamekeeping
gamelan

Literary usage of Gamecock

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Select Cases on the Law of Torts: With Notes, and a Summary of Principles by John Henry Wigmore (1912)
"THE "ALABAMA" AND THE "gamecock" SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. 1875 92 US 695 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern ..."

2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1900)
"... mentioning with especial commendation a gamecock named Tarlton after the famous comedian, because before combat, it was accustomed to drum loudly with ..."

3. A Treatise on the Law of Collisions at Sea: With an Appendix, Containing by Reginald Godfrey Marsden (1880)
"337 ; The notwithstanding the fact that some Alabama and The gamecock, 2 Otto. of her owners were owners of the ..."

4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the District Courts of the United by United States District Court (New York), Robert Dewey Benedict, United States District Court (Vermont) (1869)
"THE STEAMER ALABAMA AND THE STEAM- TUG gamecock. COLLISION.—Tow AND TUG.—LOOKOUT.—LIGHTS.—PILOT.— PLEADING. The bark Ninfa de los Mares was coming up the ..."

5. A Dictionary of the Drama: A Guide to the Plays, Play-wrights, Players, and by William Davenport Adams (1904)
"Back-woodsman (The) ; or, The gamecock of the Wilderness, was produced at the Park Theatre, New York, on March 12,1846, with Marble as Sampson Hardhead. ..."

6. Great Victorians: Memories and Personalities by Thomas Hay Sweet Escott (1916)
"... not condemnation—The gamecock of the aristocratic Tories—The house party at Mount Edgcumbe and what came of it— The conqueror of Waterloo and Henry of ..."

7. Sporting Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02751662] (1829)
"Cervantes, out of Flora, 3 yrs old, Sir R. Brooke'i bg gamecock, aged, lust. 131b 2 The following also started but were not placed : Lord ..."

8. The English Turf: A Record of Horses and Courses by Charles Richardson (1901)
"Good steeplechasers, like good hunters, often last for eight or ten seasons, and, to give instances, gamecock was winning races when he was sixteen years ..."

9. Select Cases on the Law of Torts: With Notes, and a Summary of Principles by John Henry Wigmore (1912)
"THE "ALABAMA" AND THE "gamecock" SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. 1875 92 US 695 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern ..."

10. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1900)
"... mentioning with especial commendation a gamecock named Tarlton after the famous comedian, because before combat, it was accustomed to drum loudly with ..."

11. A Treatise on the Law of Collisions at Sea: With an Appendix, Containing by Reginald Godfrey Marsden (1880)
"337 ; The notwithstanding the fact that some Alabama and The gamecock, 2 Otto. of her owners were owners of the ..."

12. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the District Courts of the United by United States District Court (New York), Robert Dewey Benedict, United States District Court (Vermont) (1869)
"THE STEAMER ALABAMA AND THE STEAM- TUG gamecock. COLLISION.—Tow AND TUG.—LOOKOUT.—LIGHTS.—PILOT.— PLEADING. The bark Ninfa de los Mares was coming up the ..."

13. A Dictionary of the Drama: A Guide to the Plays, Play-wrights, Players, and by William Davenport Adams (1904)
"Back-woodsman (The) ; or, The gamecock of the Wilderness, was produced at the Park Theatre, New York, on March 12,1846, with Marble as Sampson Hardhead. ..."

14. Great Victorians: Memories and Personalities by Thomas Hay Sweet Escott (1916)
"... not condemnation—The gamecock of the aristocratic Tories—The house party at Mount Edgcumbe and what came of it— The conqueror of Waterloo and Henry of ..."

15. Sporting Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02751662] (1829)
"Cervantes, out of Flora, 3 yrs old, Sir R. Brooke'i bg gamecock, aged, lust. 131b 2 The following also started but were not placed : Lord ..."

16. The English Turf: A Record of Horses and Courses by Charles Richardson (1901)
"Good steeplechasers, like good hunters, often last for eight or ten seasons, and, to give instances, gamecock was winning races when he was sixteen years ..."

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