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How to pronounce rooster in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms cock
Type of chicken, gallus gallus
Has types cockerel

Examples of rooster

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We have chickens and wild goats around us, and a rooster wakes us every morning.
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When the rooster arrived, they fed him, and from that point on he was a fixture.
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The current rooster was still doing an okay job, but he was getting on in years.
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He immediately takes his shotgun, aims, fires, and blows the young rooster away.
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The next rooster held so tight, the dog had it by a wing until it flapped free.
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He runs his fingers through the rooster mop that famously sits atop his noggin.
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My younger sister, Christine, was deceptively cute in a red felt rooster costume.
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For her small adjoining pantry, she selected a painted sink with a rooster motif.
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Wolf is still a terrific singer, able to crow like a rooster and coo like a dove.
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