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Crow

Crow Definition And Meaning
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).

Crow Definition And Meaning

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

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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