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HELL-ROOSTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hell-rooster mean? 

HELL-ROOSTER (noun)
  The noun HELL-ROOSTER has 1 sense:

1. someone who is a very fierce fighterplay

  Familiarity information: HELL-ROOSTER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HELL-ROOSTER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who is a very fierce fighter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

gamecock; hell-kite; hell-rooster

Hypernyms ("hell-rooster" is a kind of...):

battler; belligerent; combatant; fighter; scrapper (someone who fights (or is fighting))


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