rooster

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   A male domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) or other gallinaceous bird.
2. 2
   A bird or bat which roosts or is roosting.
3. 3
   An informer.
4. 4
   A violent or disorderly person.
5. 5
   A powerful, prideful, or pompous person.
6. 6
   A man.
7. 7
   A wild violet, when used in a children's game based on cockfighting.
8. 8
   Legislation solely devised to benefit the legislators proposing it.

Proper noun

1. 1
   The tenth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.