Crow

[Crow]

A member of the Siouan people formerly living in eastern Montana

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To make the shrill sound characteristic of a cock, either in joy, gayety, or defiance.

Noun
black birds having a raucous call

Noun
a Siouan language spoken by the Crow people

Noun
an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade"

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

Noun
a small quadrilateral constellation in the southern hemisphere near Virgo

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Noun
a member of the Siouan people formerly living in eastern Montana

Verb
express pleasure verbally; "She crowed with joy"

Verb
utter shrill sounds; "The cocks crowed all morning"

Verb
dwell on with satisfaction

v. i.
To make the shrill sound characteristic of a cock, either in joy, gayety, or defiance.

v. i.
To shout in exultation or defiance; to brag.

v. i.
To utter a sound expressive of joy or pleasure.

v. i.
A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles. It has a harsh, croaking note. See Caw.

v. i.
A bar of iron with a beak, crook, or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar.

v. i.
The cry of the cock. See Crow, v. i., 1.

v. i.
The mesentery of a beast; -- so called by butchers.

Crow

Crow (kr?), v. i. [imp. Crew (kr) or Crowed (krd); p. p. Crowed (Crown (kr?n), Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Crowing.] [AS. crwan; akin to D. kraijen, G. krhen, 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.
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.
To crow over, to exult over a vanquished antagonist.
Sennacherib crowing over poor Jerusalem.

Crow

Crow, n. [AS. crwe a crow (in sense 1); akin to D. kraai, G. kre; cf. Icel. krka crow. So named from its cry, from AS. crwan to crow. See Crow, v. i. ] 1. (Zo'94l.) A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles. It has a harsh, croaking note. See Caw. &hand; 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.
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'94l.), an American bird (Quiscalus quiscula); -- called also purple grackle. -- Crow pheasant (Zo'94l.), an Indian cuckoo; the common coucal. It is believed by the natives to give omens. See Coucal. -- Crow shrike (Zo'94l.), 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).

To make the shrill sound characteristic of a cock, either in joy, gayety, or defiance.

A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles. It has a harsh, croaking note. See Caw.

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Usage Examples

On banks, I make no apology for attacking spivs and gamblers who did more harm to the British economy than Bob Crow could achieve in his wildest Trotskyite fantasies, while paying themselves outrageous bonuses underwritten by the taxpayer. There is much public anger about banks and it is well deserved.

I love prints of skulls and bones and have some taxidermy - a crow and a rabbit - to remind me of home. I like art and have a big portrait of Bjork.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

The name Crow was inspired by a number of things. I thought it would be cool to have a robot with sort of a Native American feel to it.

If a person is homosexual by nature - that is, if one's sexuality is as intrinsic a part of one's identity as gender or skin color - then society can no more deny a gay person access to the secular rights and religious sacraments because of his homosexuality than it can reinstate Jim Crow.

Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies. By dropping golden beads near a snake, a crow once managed To have a passer-by kill the snake for the beads.