cockcrow \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\noun Etymology: Middle English cokcrowe, from cok rooster + crowe crow (crowing) 1.: dawn < arise each morning at cockcrow to be ready for the sunrise > 2.: any utterance or other kind of expression suggesting the triumphant crowing of a cock < bawled a triumphant cockcrow to the rising sun — I.L.Idriess >