From Middle English cokfytyng, kokkysfythynge; equivalent to cock + fighting.
cockfighting (countable and uncountable, plural cockfightings)
- A gambling blood sport (illegal in most countries) in which two roosters have spikes placed on their feet and are made to fight each other, usually to the death.
- Synonyms: alectryomachy, alectoromachy
gambling blood sport
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 鬥雞／斗鸡 (zh) (dòujī)
- Esperanto: batalkoko
- Finnish: kukkotappelu (fi)
- French: combat de coqs (fr) m
- German: Hahnenkampf (de) m
- Hungarian: kakasviadal (hu)
- Italian: combattimento tra galli m, combattimento fra galli m
- Japanese: 闘鶏 (ja) (とうけい, tōkei), 蹴合 (けあい, keai), 鶏合 (とりあわせ, toriawase; にわとりあわせ, niwatoriawase)
- Kapampangan: sabung
- Khmer: លេងជល់មាន់ (leeŋ cʊəl moan)
- Korean: 투계(鬪鷄) (ko) (tugye), 닭싸움 (dakssaum)
- Lao: please add this translation if you can
- Polish: walka kogutów f
- Portuguese: rinha (pt) f, rinha de galo f
- Russian: петуши́ный бой m (petušínyj boj), бойцовый петух m (bojcovyj petux)
- Scottish Gaelic: cogadh-choilleach
- Spanish: pelea de gallos f
- Swedish: tuppfäktning (sv) c
- Tagalog: sabong
- Thai: please add this translation if you can
- Volapük: higokakomip
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cockfighting
- present participle and gerund of cockfight
