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crow

UK/kɹoʊ/ US/kɹoʊ/ fairly common slang
verb (3) noun (6)

verb

1.

dwell on with satisfaction

Synonyms
2.

express pleasure verbally

  • “She crowed with joy”
3.

utter shrill sounds

  • “The cocks crowed all morning”

noun

1.

black birds having a raucous call

2.

the cry of a cock (or an imitation of it)

3.
4.
5.

an instance of boastful talk

  • “his brag is worse than his fight”
  • “whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade”
Synonyms
6.

Origin

The verb is from Middle English crowen, from Old English crāwan (past tense crēow, past participle crāwen), from Proto-West Germanic *krāan, from Proto-Germanic *krēaną, from imitative Proto-Indo-European *gerH- (“to cry hoarsely”). The noun is from Middle English crowe, from the verb. Compare Dutch kraaien, German krähen, Lithuanian gróti, Russian гра́ять (grájatʹ)). Related to croak.

Phrases

  • as the crow flies
  • crow cage
  • crow moon
  • crow over
  • crow pheasant
  • crow pose
  • crow quill
  • crow scarer
  • crow's foot

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