1
a
: an adult male domestic chicken : cock
b
: an adult male of various birds other than the domestic chicken
2
: a cocky or vain man
Examples of rooster in a Sentence
We heard the crow of a rooster.
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
Every 12 years the Lunar New Year cycles through the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac: rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog and pig.
—Bryan West, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2025
Countless horror stories exist of squandered inheritances, bitter legal battles, and feuds that last generations over a single ceramic rooster that Grandma apparently promised to multiple grandchildren.
—Ashley Case, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Atop sits the spire, with a golden phoenix now at its summit, symbolically replacing the rooster that was found amid the rubble of the fire.
—Joseph Ataman, CNN, 30 Nov. 2024
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“Rooster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rooster. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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rooster
noun
roost·er
ˈrü-stər 
1
: an adult male domestic chicken
2
: an adult male bird
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