cockcrow Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the first light of day
    sunup; daybreak; break of day; dawning; aurora; morning; break of the day; first light; dayspring; dawn; sunrise.
    • we got up before dawn
    • they talked until morning

WordNet


Cock"crow, Cock"crow`ing noun (Also<
  • Cockcrow
  • Cockcrowing
)
Definitions
  1. The time at which cooks first crow; the early morning.

Webster 1913