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单词 chanticleering
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chanticleeringn.

Brit. /ˈ(t)ʃɑːntᵻklɪərɪŋ/, /ˈ(t)ʃantᵻklɪərɪŋ/, /ˈʃɒntᵻklɪərɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈtʃæntəˌklɪrɪŋ/
Forms: see chanticleer n. and -ing suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: chanticleer n., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < chanticleer n. + -ing suffix1. Compare later chanticleer v., chanticleering adj.
Now archaic.
The loud shrill sound made by a cockerel; crowing; (in extended use) any sound resembling this. Also: the action or an act of crowing.
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the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > hen or cock > [noun] > cock > crowing of
crowc1290
cockcrow?c1475
cock-a-doodle-doo1573
chanticleering1641
cock-a-doodle-dooing1859
cockcrowing1878
1641 E. Kellett Tricoenium Christi ii. xvi. 356 Before three in the morning is the beginning of the Chaunticleering, or first crowing; which is more and more reiterated, and louder, or shriller till day.
1843 Illuminated Mag. 1 336/1 Then all the cocks in the neighbourhood, in every variety in the art of chanticleering, responded.
1888 H. Melville John Marr & Other Sailors 271 Went up the cheering, the quick chanticleering;..‘Cock-a-doodle-doo!’ and ‘Row, boys, row!’
1932 Middleton (N.Y.) Times-Herald 1 June 10/1 It was the premature chanticleering that attracted the attention of Patrolman Golembaski who..conducted an investigation [into the poultry theft].
1975 Racine (Wisconsin) Jrnl. Times 14 Jan. 6 a/3 After the cockadoodle strutting and chanticleering of Nikita Khrushchev, Brezhnev has been a stabilizing force in the Soviet leadership.
2013 Colorado Springs Gaz. 7 July b2/2 The crowing is a nuisance to summer residents in Manitou Springs. The petitioners ask that something be done about the excessive chanticleering.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

chanticleeringadj.

Brit. /ˈʃɑːntᵻklɪəɪŋ/, /ˈʃɒntᵻklɪəɪŋ/, /ˈtʃɑːntᵻklɪəɪŋ/, /ˈtʃantᵻklɪəɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈtʃæn(t)əˌklɪ(ə)rɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: chanticleer n., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < chanticleer n. + -ing suffix2. Compare earlier chanticleering n. and later chanticleer v.
Now rare.
That crows (in various senses). Also of a sound, voice, etc.: resembling the crow of a cockerel; loud and shrill. Cf. chanticleer v.
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1786 G. M. A. Baretti Tolondron x. 292 The boggish part of the lands, that have belonged these many years to my uncle Apollo, and his chanticleering nieces.
1856 J. Strang Glasgow & its Clubs 515 Voices as cheerful and chanticleering as the Cock.
1895 Daily News (Salem, Ohio) 30 Nov. These may be unsavory truths to some of the chanticleering swashbucklers.
1953 Southwest Rev. 38 224/1 A derisive chanticleering hoot came from a boat in the middle of the river.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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