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rooster chick

English translation: cock chick

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English term or phrase:rooster chick
Selected answer:cock chick
Entered by: Sam D (X)

17:02 Jun 30, 2002
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Science
English term or phrase: rooster chick
This term sounds American to me. I would like to know the term used in British English.

TIA
Karin Usher
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:17
cock chick
Explanation:
I'm British and had never heard the expression "rooster chick" before, although it seemed self-explanatory. Speaking to my partner to see if he had heard of it, he said he had heard of it with the meaning of "bird's male offspring", that's all, no secondary meanings. In British English that would be "cock chick" Here's an example:

"As I have said, in this pairing I have a Blue White Cinnamon "carrying" cock (he shows no sign of Cinnamon) paired with a Self hen, so two of the three chicks you can see below are hens, the other will be a cock. The two hen chicks are the Buff Cinnamon and the Cinnamon White. The cock chick is the Blue. Any and all chicks from this pairing "showing" Cinnamon will be hens, while any and all normal chicks (not showing cinnamon) will be cocks, but: any normal cock chicks may or may not be carrying the cinnamon genes."
http://www.mycanaries.com/fife.htm

If you do a Google search, watch out: unsurprisingly, it brings up an awful lot of porn! If there's any secondary or slang meaning to the American term, we're not aware of it. Any sexual innuendo aside, "cock chick" is actually the technical term for a bird's male offspring.
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Sam D (X)
Local time: 07:17
Grading comment
Thanks!
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +3cock
CNF
4 +1cockerel
Kim Metzger
4cock chick
Sam D (X)
4el polluelo del gallo
rvillaronga


  

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28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
cock


Explanation:
(from Cambridge International Dictionary of English)

rooster
noun [C]
American and Australian for cock (BIRD)

HTH!
Naty :^)

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(from Cambridge International Dictionary of English)

cock, American and Australian also rooster (BIRD)
noun [C]
an adult male chicken
At 5 a.m. the cock started to crow.

Cock, used with the name of a bird, refers to the fully-grown adult male of that type.
a cock robin
a cock sparrow
a cock pheasant


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Merriam-Webster:

Main Entry: roost·er
Pronunciation: \'rüs-t&r also \'rus-
Function: noun
Date: 1772
1 a : an adult male domestic fowl : COCK b : an adult male of various birds other than the domestic fowl
2 : a cocky or vain man

Main Entry: 1cock
Pronunciation: \'käk
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English cok, from Old English cocc, of imitative origin
Date: before 12th century
1 a : the adult male of the domestic fowl (Gallus gallus) b : the male of birds other than the domestic fowl

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Merriam-Webster:

Main Entry: chick
Pronunciation: \'chik
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English chyke, alteration of chiken
Date: 15th century
1 a : a domestic chicken; especially : one newly hatched b : the young of any bird

Cambridge:
chick (BIRD)
noun [C]
a baby bird, esp. a young chicken

CNF
Local time: 03:17
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tatiana Neroni (X): Or just a "rooster", without "chick". Yes, it's American English.
28 mins
  -> Thanks Tatiana! ;^)
agree  Claudia Andreani
2 hrs
  -> Thank you, Claudia! ;^)
agree  mickymayes
8 days
  -> Thanks a lot! ;^)
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37 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
cock chick


Explanation:
I'm British and had never heard the expression "rooster chick" before, although it seemed self-explanatory. Speaking to my partner to see if he had heard of it, he said he had heard of it with the meaning of "bird's male offspring", that's all, no secondary meanings. In British English that would be "cock chick" Here's an example:

"As I have said, in this pairing I have a Blue White Cinnamon "carrying" cock (he shows no sign of Cinnamon) paired with a Self hen, so two of the three chicks you can see below are hens, the other will be a cock. The two hen chicks are the Buff Cinnamon and the Cinnamon White. The cock chick is the Blue. Any and all chicks from this pairing "showing" Cinnamon will be hens, while any and all normal chicks (not showing cinnamon) will be cocks, but: any normal cock chicks may or may not be carrying the cinnamon genes."
http://www.mycanaries.com/fife.htm

If you do a Google search, watch out: unsurprisingly, it brings up an awful lot of porn! If there's any secondary or slang meaning to the American term, we're not aware of it. Any sexual innuendo aside, "cock chick" is actually the technical term for a bird's male offspring.

Sam D (X)
Local time: 07:17
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 8
Grading comment
Thanks!
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39 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
el polluelo del gallo


Explanation:
The spanish translation would suggest a baby rooster!

rvillaronga
United States
Local time: 01:17
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42 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
cockerel


Explanation:
Cockerel. A male chicken under 1 year old.





The Concise OED defines cockerel as a young domestic cock




    OED
Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 00:17
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 2249

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ingrid Petit: Totalmente de acuerdo
2 hrs
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