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Noun: gamecock  'geym,kók
  1. A cock bred and trained for fighting
    "The illegal cockfighting ring was discovered to be raising gamecocks";
    - fighting cock
     
  2. Someone who is a very fierce fighter
    "The veteran soldier was known as a gamecock on the battlefield";
    - hell-kite [archaic], hell-rooster

Derived forms: gamecocks

Type of: battler, belligerent, cock, combatant, fighter, scrapper

Encyclopedia: Gamecock