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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 cockfightplay

  Familiarity information: COCKFIGHTING used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COCKFIGHTING (noun)


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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