I. |käkə̇|düd ə lˈdü noun
( -s )
Etymology: imitative
crow III
II. intransitive verb
also cock-a-doodle ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷
( -ed/-ing/-s )
1. crow II 1
a rooster cock-a-doodle-dooing at dawn
2. crow II 3
all the papers were cock-a-doodle-dooing over the wonderful performance — Sydney ( Australia ) Bulletin