# cockfighting

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #83,122

## Definitions
1. 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.

## Etymology
From Middle English cokfytyng, kokkysfythynge; equivalent to cock + fighting.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/cockfighting