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COCKFIGHTING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cockfighting mean?
• COCKFIGHTING (noun)
The noun COCKFIGHTING has 1 sense:
1. participation in the sport of matching gamecocks in a cockfight
Familiarity information: COCKFIGHTING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Participation in the sport of matching gamecocks in a cockfight
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("cockfighting" is a kind of...):
blood sport (sport that involves killing animals (especially hunting))
Domain member category:
spar (fight with spurs)
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