crow

crow
[[t]kro͟ʊ[/t]]
crows, crowing, crowed
1) N-COUNT A crow is a large black bird which makes a loud, harsh noise.
2) VERB When a cock crows, it makes a loud sound, often early in the morning.

The cock crows and the dawn chorus begins.

3) VERB (disapproval) If you say that someone is crowing about something they have achieved or are pleased about, you disapprove of them because they keep telling people proudly about it. [INFORMAL]

[V about/over n] Edwards is already crowing about his assured victory...

[V that] We've seen them all crowing that the movement is dead.

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4) VERB If someone crows, they make happy sounds or say something happily.

[V with n] She was crowing with delight...

[V with quote] `I'm not sure I've ever driven a better lap,' crowed a delighted Irvine.

5) PHRASE: oft amount PHR If you say that a place is a particular distance away as the crow flies, you mean that it is that distance away measured in a straight line.

I live at Mesa, Washington, about 10 miles as the crow flies from Hanford.


English dictionary. 2008.

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