cockadoodle

English

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Verb

cockadoodle (third-person singular simple present cockadoodles, present participle cockadoodling, simple past and past participle cockadoodled)

  1. The crow of a cock; cock-a-doodle-doo.
    • 1881, Thomas Lewis Owen Davies, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, A Supplementary English Glossary‎[1], G. Bell and Sons, page 132:
      COCKADOODLE, to crow like a cock (onomatopœous). The peacocks, with their spotted coates and affrighting voyces, for heralds, the prickt and enlisted; and the cockadoodling cocks for their trumpeters.—Nashe, Lenten Stuff (Harl. Misc., vi. 170).

Etymology 2

Blend of cocker spaniel +‎ poodle, perhaps influenced by Labradoodle.

Noun

cockadoodle (plural cockadoodles)

  1. A dog that is a cross between a cocker spaniel and a poodle.
    Synonyms: cockapoo, spoodle
    • 2017 September 7, Carmel Harrington, Cold Feet: The Lost Years‎[2], Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN:
      A little cockadoodle puppy galloped towards her, its lead trailing behind him on the leafy path.
    • 2019 December 3, Sophie Ranald, Out with the Ex, In with the New: An utterly perfect feel good romantic comedy‎[3], Bookouture, →ISBN:
      The neighbor's dog - Hannah had told me once that it was a cockadoodle and they'd paid a fortune for it from a breeder - broke into hysterical barking.
    • 2023 June 6, Daniel M. Russell, “What's the Most Likely Way You'll Die?”, in The Joy of Search: A Google Insider's Guide to Going Beyond the Basics‎[4], MIT Press, →ISBN, page 79:
      What is the definition of a “breed”? (Is a cockadoodle a breed of dog? Is the Savannah cat really a domesticated cat?")
    • 2023 August 14, Joe Saunders, “The Pronunciation Cassette Tapes” (0:48 from the start), in Solar Opposites‎[5], season 4, episode 4, spoken by Kevin (Ken Marino):
      “This creature has facilitated your coitus?” “He's a cockadoodle. Half cocker spaniel, half poodle, specifically bred to save marriages.”

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