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Meaning of "storm-cock" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD STORM-COCK

So called because it was believed to give forewarning of bad weather.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF STORM-COCK

storm-cock play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STORM-COCK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Storm-Cock is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STORM-COCK

storm insurance
storm lantern
storm petrel
storm sewer
storm trooper
storm troops
storm trysail
storm warning
storm water
storm window
storm-force
storm-lashed
storm-tossed
stormbird
stormbound
stormer
stormful
stormfully
stormfulness
stormier

WORDS THAT END LIKE STORM-COCK

acock
Alcock
bibcock
billycock
blackcock
cock
fighting cock
gamecock
go off at half-cock
half-cock
Hancock
Hitchcock
John Hancock
Leacock
peacock
poppycock
re-cock
stopcock
weathercock
woodcock

Synonyms and antonyms of storm-cock in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «storm-cock» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STORM-COCK

Find out the translation of storm-cock to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of storm-cock from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «storm-cock» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

风暴公鸡
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

storm- cock
570 millions of speakers

English

storm-cock
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तूफान मुर्गा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عاصفة الديك
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Шторм - петух
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

storm- pau
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঝড়ের মোরগ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tempête - coq
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ribut-batang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sturm - Hahn
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

嵐コック
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

폭풍 수탉
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Badai-jago
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bão gà
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

புயல்-சேவல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वादळे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

fırtına-horoz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

storm -cock
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

burza -cock
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Шторм - півень
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

furtună - cocoș
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

θύελλα - κόκορας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

storm - haan
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

storm kuk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

storm - kuk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of storm-cock

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STORM-COCK»

The term «storm-cock» is used very little and occupies the 164.593 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STORM-COCK» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «storm-cock» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «storm-cock» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about storm-cock

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STORM-COCK»

Discover the use of storm-cock in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to storm-cock and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Man Against the Sea
Its name is Hurricane Grace. This is the story of that storm.
Sebastian Junger, 2007
2
Getting Started with Storm
This hands-on guide introduces you to Storm, a distributed, JVM-based system for processing streaming data.
Jonathan Leibiusky, Gabriel Eisbruch, Dario Simonassi, 2012
3
The Storm Book
It is a day in the country, and everthing is hot and still. Then the hazy sky begins to shift. Something is astir, something soundless.
Charlotte Zolotow, 1989
4
Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in ...
Provides an account of the hurricane which struck Galveston, Texas, in 1900 and killed ten thousand people.
Erik Larson, Isaac Monroe Cline, 2000
5
The Gathering Storm
In this epic novel, Robert Jordan’s international bestselling series begins its dramatic conclusion. Rand al’Thor, the Dragon Reborn, struggles to unite a fractured network of kingdoms and alliances in preparation for the Last Battle.
Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson, 2009
6
Storm
When Becca rescues Chris Merrick during a parking-lot beating and discovers that Chris and his brothers have supernatural powers that enable them to control the elements, she unknowingly puts herself in danger.
Brigid Kemmerer, 2012
7
Storm Catchers
Filled with guilt over his younger sister's kidnapping, teenaged Fin tries to rescue her and in the process learns about a dark family secret.
Tim Bowler, 2003
8
Storm of Steel
Provides a memoir of the First World War through the eyes of an ordinary German soldier who viewed the war as a personal struggle, testing himself by leading raiding parties and enduring as his comrades were killed.
Ernst Jünger, 2004
9
New Light On Storm At Sea Quilts: One Block-An Ocean of ...
If you've never tried the beautiful Storm at Sea block because of its "hard-to-piece" reputation, you'll change your mind once you try Wendy's easy new piecing methods.
Wendy Mathson, 2010
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Storm
An historical novel focuses on the life and times of Martin Luther chronicles his battles with Charles V, his romance with a former nun, and his role in launching the Reformation. Original.
Reg Grant, 2001

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Storm-Cock [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/storm-cock>. Apr 2024 ».
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