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crow

1

[ kroh ]

noun

  1. any of several large oscine birds of the genus Corvus, of the family Corvidae, having a long, stout bill, lustrous black plumage, and a wedge-shaped tail, as the common C. brachyrhynchos, of North America.
  2. any of several other birds of the family Corvidae.
  3. any of various similar birds of other families.
  4. Crow, Astronomy. the constellation Corvus.


crow

2

[ kroh ]

verb (used without object)

crowed (especially British,) crewcrowedcrowing
  1. to utter the characteristic cry of a rooster.
  2. to gloat, boast, or exult (often followed by over ).

    Synonyms: brag, vaunt

  3. to utter an inarticulate cry of pleasure, as an infant does.

noun

  1. the characteristic cry of a rooster.
  2. an inarticulate cry of pleasure.

Crow

3

[ kroh ]

noun

  1. a member of a Siouan people of eastern Montana.
  2. a Siouan language closely related to Hidatsa.

Crow

1

/ krəʊ /

noun

  1. CrowsCrow a member of a Native American people living in E Montana
  2. the language of this people, belonging to the Siouan family
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

crow

2

/ krəʊ /

noun

  1. any large gregarious songbird of the genus Corvus, esp C. corone (the carrion crow) of Europe and Asia: family Corvidae . Other species are the raven, rook, and jackdaw and all have a heavy bill, glossy black plumage, and rounded wings See also carrion crow corvine
  2. any of various other corvine birds, such as the jay, magpie, and nutcracker
  3. any of various similar birds of other families
  4. offensive.
    an old or ugly woman
  5. short for crowbar
  6. as the crow flies
    as directly as possible
  7. eat crow informal.
    to be forced to do something humiliating
  8. stone the crows
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

crow

3

/ krəʊ /

verb

  1. past tense crowed or crew to utter a shrill squawking sound, as a cock
  2. often foll by over to boast one's superiority
  3. (esp of babies) to utter cries of pleasure
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the act or an instance of crowing
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈcrowingly, adverb
  • ˈcrower, noun
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Other Words From

  • crower noun
  • crowing·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of crow1

First recorded before 900; Middle English crowe, Old English crāwe, crāwa; cognate with Old High German krāwa; akin to Dutch kraai, German Krähe

Origin of crow2

First recorded before 1000; Middle English crouen, crowen, Old English crāwan; cognate with Dutch kraaien, German krähen; crow 1

Origin of crow3

1795–1805; translation of North American French ( gens des ) Corbeaux Raven (people), literal translation of Crow apsá˙loke a Crow Indian
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Word History and Origins

Origin of crow1

Old English crāwa; related to Old Norse krāka, Old High German krāia, Dutch kraai

Origin of crow2

Old English crāwan; related to Old High German krāen, Dutch kraaien
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. as the crow flies, in a straight line; by the most direct route:

    The next town is thirty miles from here, as the crow flies.

  2. eat crow, Informal. to be forced to admit to having made a mistake, as by retracting an emphatic statement; suffer humiliation:

    His prediction was completely wrong, and he had to eat crow.

  3. have a crow to pick / pluck with someone, Midland and Southern U.S. to have a reason to disagree or argue with someone.

More idioms and phrases containing crow

In addition to the idiom beginning with crow , also see as the crow flies ; eat crow .
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Example Sentences

Designed based on perching birds like ravens and crows that frequently switch between air and land, the multifunctional robotic legs allow it to take off autonomously in environments previously inaccessible to winged drones.

After Trumpov’s first win, in 2016, “pro-Kremlin propaganda mouthpieces openly crowed that the victory was really Moscow’s,” said Alexander Baunov, a senior Eurasia fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Native reptiles and birds, including the Be’er Sheva fringe-fingered lizard, the pin-tailed sandgrouse and the spectacled warbler, are now fall easy prey for crows and jays perched in the tree branches.

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Obama and Biden didn’t fit that description; their pollsters warned them against crowing since their numbers showed that many folks weren’t “feeling the benefits.”

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Incessantly, swooping seabirds and crows crowd the sky, following Bailey everywhere, drawing her adoring consideration as subjects of artful phone videos.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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