cockfight UK /ˈkɒkˌfaɪt/US /ˈkɑkˌfaɪt/noun 1verb 1forms 3 noun1 •A contest, in a cockpit, between gamecocks fitted with cockspurs verb1 •To participate in (as a rooster), or organize and run (as a gambler or bookmaker), a cockfighting event.I watched through to the triumphant ending, in which Chicken George cockfought his way to freedom and came back with gold to buy his family out of postwar sharecropping. — 1994 formscockfought · cockfighting · cockfights