cock-a-doodle-doo

1. 1.

   an imitation of the crow of a cock

   Broadercrow

Questions about cock-a-doodle-doo

What does cock-a-doodle-doo mean?

cock-a-doodle-doo means "an imitation of the crow of a cock".

How many syllables are in cock-a-doodle-doo?

cock-a-doodle-doo has 5 syllables and divides as coc-k-a--dood-le--doo under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is cock-a-doodle-doo a common word?

cock-a-doodle-doo is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.