cockcrow

Meanings

Noun

the first light of day
The time of day at which the first crow of a cockerel is heard; dawn or daybreak; first light

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English cok crowe (also as cokkes crowe), equivalent to cock + crow. Likely a suppletive variation of Old English hancrǣd (“cockcrow, dawn”, literally “cock-crowing”), from hana (“cock, rooster”) + crǣd (“crowing”).

Synonyms

aurora, break of day, break of the day, dawn, dawning, daybreak, dayspring, first light, morning, sparrow-fart, sunrise, sunup

Antonyms

sunset

Scrabble Score: 21

cockcrow is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
cockcrow is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cockcrow is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 24

cockcrow is a valid Words With Friends word