cockfightingn.

Brit.

/ˈkɒkfʌɪtɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈkɑkˌfaɪdɪŋ/

Forms:

α. late Middle English kokkysfythynge.

β. see cock n.¹ and int. and fighting n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cock n.¹, fighting n.

Etymology: In α. forms < the genitive of cock n.¹ + fighting n. In β. forms < cock n.¹ + fighting n.

A blood sport in which cockerels or roosters, often fitted with metal spurs, are set to fight each other, frequently in a specially constructed cockpit (cockpit n. 1) and usually with spectators betting on the outcome; fighting between cockerels or roosters as a spectacle or entertainment. Cf. cocking n.⁴ 1a.In many countries cockfighting is now prohibited by law, but in some parts of the world it remains a common form of entertainment. In the United Kingdom it has been the subject of express statutory prohibitions since at least the early 19th cent., including the 1835 Cruelty to Animals Act and the 1849 Cruelty to Animals Act. It is now also illegal across the United States.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting or baiting animals > fighting between animals > [noun] > cock-fighting

cockfightingc1450

cockfight1512

cockingc1613

cocking matcha1619

cock match1654

alectryomachy1656

sparring1686

main1760

sod1814

alectoromachyc1820

spar1850

cock watch1879

c1450 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 585/44 Galliprelium, kokkysfythynge.

c1500 How Good Wife taught her Daughter (Ashm.) l. 74 Ne go þou not to no wrastlyng, Ne ȝit to no coke fyghtyng [altered to schetyng; c1350 Emmanuel scheting ate cok, c1450 Lamb. schotynge at cok].

1518 Statutes St. Paul's School in S. Knight Life J. Colet (1724) 362 I will they use no Cock-fightinge nor ridinge about of Victorye.

1684 London Gaz. No. 1930/4 At the Royal Cock-Pit at Windsor the 27th Instant begins a great Match of Cock-fighting between two Persons of Quality, which will continue the whole week.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth V. 163 Cock-fighting..with us..is declining every day.

c1830 Thomas Steady & John Wild: Pt. I 4 I don't think our fair would be quite so bad if young Mr. Madcap was not so fond of jackass-racing, dog and cock fighting, and the like cruel sights.

1960 Spectator 1 July 12/2 Cockfighting is part of the exotic tropicana Haiti offers to American tourists.

2003 Casino.com Mag. Autumn 97/3 The tuans (masters) in Jakarta must have given some serious thought to the..rebellion that they might face should they try to enforce an outright ban on cockfighting.

Phrases

colloquial. to beat cockfighting: to surpass everyone or everything. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (intransitive)] > surpass everything

to bear (also have, carry) the pricea1275

it passes1549

to cap the climax1804

to take the rag off (the bush)1810

to beat cockfighting1821

to beat (or bang) Banagher1830

to beat the band1890

1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 9 133 Always excepting Mrs. M^cWhirter, for she beats cock-fighting.

1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) vii. 78 My friend Chevy Slyme..beats any amount of cock-fighting with which I am acquainted.

1853 E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel I. iii. xi. 204 The Squire faltered out, ‘Well, this beats cock-fighting! the man's as mad as a march hare.’

1931 Kent & Sussex Courier 11 Dec. 6/3 How any Liberal could speak on a Tariff Reform platform beats cock-fighting.

1967 Daily Mirror 23 June 16/3 The twopence is for the two straws in the boy's lemonade... I know there's a squeeze on, but this beats cock-fighting!

Compounds

General use as a modifier, as in cockfighting arena, cockfighting match, etc.

ΚΠ

a1525 ( Coventry Leet Bk. (1907) I. 196 Quod nullus deinceps sagittet in le Cokfytyng place.

1641 J. Spencer Disc. Divers Petitions 61 If neither perswasions nor exhortations may prevaile with you to break the neck of your Cock-fighting pleasures, consider wel with your self that the Lord hath put you as it were into the Cock-pit of the round world to fight his battel against the flesh, the world and the divel.

1793 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. VI. 614 In 1783, there were many public Cock-fighting Matches, or Mains.

1892 All Year Round 16 July 58/1 There is a cock-fighting pit. The proprietor entreats us to enter. We obey.

1985 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 25 Mar. b5/6 Enforcement agents for the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the police raided a South Bronx cockfighting arena last night.

2013 Independent on Sunday 18 Aug. 33/1 A member of Romania's former royal family has appeared in a US court accused of operating an illegal cockfighting ring together with her husband.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cockfighting
释义	cockfightingn. Brit. /ˈkɒkfʌɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈkɑkˌfaɪdɪŋ/ Forms: α. late Middle English kokkysfythynge. β. see cock n.¹ and int. and fighting n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cock n.¹, fighting n. Etymology: In α. forms < the genitive of cock n.¹ + fighting n. In β. forms < cock n.¹ + fighting n. A blood sport in which cockerels or roosters, often fitted with metal spurs, are set to fight each other, frequently in a specially constructed cockpit (cockpit n. 1) and usually with spectators betting on the outcome; fighting between cockerels or roosters as a spectacle or entertainment. Cf. cocking n.⁴ 1a.In many countries cockfighting is now prohibited by law, but in some parts of the world it remains a common form of entertainment. In the United Kingdom it has been the subject of express statutory prohibitions since at least the early 19th cent., including the 1835 Cruelty to Animals Act and the 1849 Cruelty to Animals Act. It is now also illegal across the United States. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting or baiting animals > fighting between animals > [noun] > cock-fighting cockfightingc1450 cockfight1512 cockingc1613 cocking matcha1619 cock match1654 alectryomachy1656 sparring1686 main1760 sod1814 alectoromachyc1820 spar1850 cock watch1879 c1450 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 585/44 Galliprelium, kokkysfythynge. c1500 How Good Wife taught her Daughter (Ashm.) l. 74 Ne go þou not to no wrastlyng, Ne ȝit to no coke fyghtyng [altered to schetyng; c1350 Emmanuel scheting ate cok, c1450 Lamb. schotynge at cok]. 1518 Statutes St. Paul's School in S. Knight Life J. Colet (1724) 362 I will they use no Cock-fightinge nor ridinge about of Victorye. 1684 London Gaz. No. 1930/4 At the Royal Cock-Pit at Windsor the 27th Instant begins a great Match of Cock-fighting between two Persons of Quality, which will continue the whole week. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth V. 163 Cock-fighting..with us..is declining every day. c1830 Thomas Steady & John Wild: Pt. I 4 I don't think our fair would be quite so bad if young Mr. Madcap was not so fond of jackass-racing, dog and cock fighting, and the like cruel sights. 1960 Spectator 1 July 12/2 Cockfighting is part of the exotic tropicana Haiti offers to American tourists. 2003 Casino.com Mag. Autumn 97/3 The tuans (masters) in Jakarta must have given some serious thought to the..rebellion that they might face should they try to enforce an outright ban on cockfighting. Phrases colloquial. to beat cockfighting: to surpass everyone or everything. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (intransitive)] > surpass everything to bear (also have, carry) the pricea1275 it passes1549 to cap the climax1804 to take the rag off (the bush)1810 to beat cockfighting1821 to beat (or bang) Banagher1830 to beat the band1890 1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 9 133 Always excepting Mrs. M^cWhirter, for she beats cock-fighting. 1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) vii. 78 My friend Chevy Slyme..beats any amount of cock-fighting with which I am acquainted. 1853 E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel I. iii. xi. 204 The Squire faltered out, ‘Well, this beats cock-fighting! the man's as mad as a march hare.’ 1931 Kent & Sussex Courier 11 Dec. 6/3 How any Liberal could speak on a Tariff Reform platform beats cock-fighting. 1967 Daily Mirror 23 June 16/3 The twopence is for the two straws in the boy's lemonade... I know there's a squeeze on, but this beats cock-fighting! Compounds General use as a modifier, as in cockfighting arena, cockfighting match, etc. ΚΠ a1525 ( Coventry Leet Bk. (1907) I. 196 Quod nullus deinceps sagittet in le Cokfytyng place. 1641 J. Spencer Disc. Divers Petitions 61 If neither perswasions nor exhortations may prevaile with you to break the neck of your Cock-fighting pleasures, consider wel with your self that the Lord hath put you as it were into the Cock-pit of the round world to fight his battel against the flesh, the world and the divel. 1793 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. VI. 614 In 1783, there were many public Cock-fighting Matches, or Mains. 1892 All Year Round 16 July 58/1 There is a cock-fighting pit. The proprietor entreats us to enter. We obey. 1985 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 25 Mar. b5/6 Enforcement agents for the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the police raided a South Bronx cockfighting arena last night. 2013 Independent on Sunday 18 Aug. 33/1 A member of Romania's former royal family has appeared in a US court accused of operating an illegal cockfighting ring together with her husband. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1450
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