rooster

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

Synonyms: booster, roister, roster, rooter, roaster, roosted, wooster, royster, rouster, fooster, rodster

Antonyms: booster, roister, roster, rooter, roaster, roosted, wooster, royster, rouster, fooster, rodster

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|North America|Kent|Australia|NZ}} A [[male]] [[domestic]] [[chicken]] ({{taxlink|Gallus gallus domesticus|species}}) or [[other]] [[gallinaceous]] [[bird]].
2. A [[bird]] or [[bat]] which [[roost]]s or is [[roost]]ing.
3. {{lb|en|figuratively|obsolete|_|slang}} An [[informer]].
4. {{lb|en|figuratively|obsolete|_|slang}} A [[violent]] or [[disorderly]] [[person]].
5. {{lb|en|figuratively}} A [[powerful]], [[prideful]], or [[pompous]] [[person]].
6. {{lb|en|figuratively|originally|_|US|_|slang|now|_|chiefly|_|NZ}} A [[man]].
7. {{lb|en|regional|_|US|historical}} A [[wild]] [[violet]], when [[use]]d in a [[children]]'s [[game]] [[base]]d on [[cockfighting]].
8. {{lb|en|obsolete|US|slang|uncountable}} [[legislation|Legislation]] [[solely]] [[devise]]d to [[benefit]] the [[legislator]]s [[proposing]] it.

Proper noun

1. The tenth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the [[Chinese zodiac]] related to the [[Chinese calendar]].

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