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Crow

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What's The Definition Of Crow?
[n] black birds having a raucous call
[n] a Siouan language spoken by the Crow people [n] an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his fight" [n] the cry of a cock (or an imitation of it) [n] a small quadrilateral constellation in the southern hemisphere near Virgo [n] a member of the Siouan people formerly living in eastern Montana [v] express pleasure verbally; "She crowed with joy" [v] utter shrill sounds; "The cocks crowed all morning" [v] dwell on with satisfaction Synonyms | Synonyms for Crow: brag | bragging | Corvus | crowing | gloat | line-shooting | triumph | vaporing Related Terms | Find terms related to Crow: aphonia | artificial voice | bar | bark | bawl | be in stitches | beam | bellow | belly laugh | blare | blat | blow | blubber | bluster | boff | boffola | boom | brag | bray | break up | breathe | broken speech | broken tones | broken voice | burst into laughter | burst of laughter | burst out | burst out laughing | burst with laughter | bust a gut | buzz | cachinnate | cachinnation | cackle | call | cant hook | carol | caw | chant | charcoal | chatter | cheep | childish treble | chirk | chirp | chirr | chirrup | chitter | choked voice | chortle | chuck | chuckle | clack | claw bar | cluck | coal | cock-a-doodle-doo | convulsion | coo | cracked voice | crank | croak | cronk | crow over | crowbar | cry | cuckoo | delight | drawl | drum | dysarthria | dyslalia | dyslogia | dysphasia | dysphonia | dysphrasia | ebon | ebony | exclaim | exult | falsetto | fit of laughter | flute | gabble | gaggle | gales of laughter | gasconade | gasp | giggle | gloat | gloat over | glory | go into convulsions | gobble | growl | grunt | guffaw | guggle | ha-ha | handspike | harshness | hawking voice | hearty laugh | hee-haw | hee-hee | hilarity | hiss | hoarseness | ho-ho | Homeric laughter | honk | hoo | hoot | horselaugh | idioglossia | idiolalia | impairment of speech | ink | iron crow | jet | jimmy | joy | jubilate | keen | laugh | laugh it up | laugh outright | laughing | laughter | lever | lilt | limb | lisp | lisping | look big | loss of voice | marlinespike | mouth | mumble | murmur | mutter | muzzy speech | nasal tone | nasalization | nearly die laughing | night | outburst of laughter | outrigger | pant | peal of laughter | peavey | pedal | peep | pinch bar | pip | pipe | pitch | prate | prize | pry | puff | quack | quaver | raven | ripping bar | risibility | roar | roar of laughter | roar with laughter | rodomontade | roll | rumble | scold | scream | screech | shake | shake like jelly | shake with laughter | shout | shout of laughter | shriek | sibilate | sibilation | sigh | sing | sloe | smoke | smut | snap | snarl | snicker | snigger | snort | sob | soot | spar | speech defect | speech impediment | split | split with laughter | squall | squawk | squeal | tar | tee-hee | thunder | titter | treadle | tremor | trill | triumph | trumpet | twang | tweet | twit | twitter | vaunt | wail | warble | whine | whisper | whistle | wrecking bar | yap | yawp | yell | yelp | yuck | yuk-yuk See Also | American crow | blow | bluster | boast | boast | boasting | brag | cock-a-doodle-doo | congratulate | constellation | corvine bird | Corvus | Corvus brachyrhyncos | cry | emit | gas | gasconade | genus Corvus | jactitation | let loose | let out | preen | pride | self-praise | shoot a line | Siouan | Siouan | Siouan language | Sioux | swash | tout | utter | vaunt Crow In Webster's Dictionary \Crow\ (kr?), v. i. [imp. {Crew} (kr?) or {Crowed} (kr?d);
p. p. {Crowed} ({Crown} (kr?n), Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n.
{Crowing}.] [AS. cr?wan; akin to D. kraijen, G. kr?hen, cf.
Lith. groti to croak. [root]24. Cf. {Crake}.]
1. To make the shrill sound characteristic of a cock, either
in joy, gayety, or defiance. ``The cock had crown.''
--Bayron.
The morning cock crew loud. --Shak.
2. To shout in exultation or defiance; to brag.
3. To utter a sound expressive of joy or pleasure.
The sweetest little maid, That ever crowed for
kisses. --Tennyson.
{To crow over}, to exult over a vanquished antagonist.
Sennacherib crowing over poor Jerusalem. --Bp. Hall.
\Crow\, n. [AS. cr?we a crow (in sense 1); akin to D. kraai, G. kr?e; cf. Icel. kr?ka crow. So named from its cry, from AS. cr?wan to crow. See {Crow}, v. i. ] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A bird, usually black, of the genus {Corvus}, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles. It has a harsh, croaking note. See {Caw}. Note: The common crow of Europe, or carrion crow, is {C. corone}. The common American crow is {C. Americanus}. See {Carrion crow}, and Illustr., under {Carrion}. 2. A bar of iron with a beak, crook, or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar. Get me an iron crow, and bring it straight Unto my cell. --Shak. 3. The cry of the cock. See {Crow}, v. i., 1. 4. The mesentery of a beast; -- so called by butchers. {Carrion crow}. See under {Carrion}. {Crow blackbird} (Zo["o]l.), an American bird ({Quiscalus quiscula}); -- called also {purple grackle}. {Crow pheasant} (Zo["o]l.), an Indian cuckoo; the common coucal. It is believed by the natives to give omens. See {Coucal}. {Crow shrike} (Zo["o]l.), any bird of the genera {Gymnorhina}, {Craticus}, or {Strepera}, mostly from Australia. {Red-legged crow}. See {Crough}. {As the crow flies}, in a direct line. {To pick a crow}, {To pluck a crow}, to state and adjust a difference or grievance (with any one). |
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