crow
noun
[ krəʊ ]
• a large bird with mostly glossy black plumage, a heavy bill, and a raucous voice.
• an old or ugly woman.
• "to my two sons I am still just the old crow"
Origin:
Old English crāwe, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch kraai and German Krähe, also to crow2.
crow
verb
• (of a cock) utter its characteristic loud cry.
• "she was awakened in the mornings by cocks crowing"
• (of a person) express great pride or triumph, especially in a tone of gloating satisfaction.
• "Ruby crowed with delight"
Similar:
boast,
brag,
trumpet,
show off,
bluster,
swagger,
swank,
gloat,
be smug,
congratulate oneself,
preen oneself,
pride oneself,
pat oneself on the back,
sing one's own praises,
glory in,
exult in,
triumph over,
parade,
flaunt,
talk big,
blow hard,
rub it in,
lay it on thick,
shoot one's mouth off,
blow one's own trumpet,
skite,
vaunt,
roister,
rodomontade,
gasconade,
crow
noun
• the cry of a cock.
• a sound made by a person expressing great pride or triumph.
• "she gave a little crow of triumph"
Origin:
Old English crāwan, of West Germanic origin; related to German krähen, also to crow1; ultimately imitative.
Crow
noun
• a member of a North American people inhabiting eastern Montana.
• the Siouan language of the Crow, with about 5,000 speakers.
Crow
adjective
• relating to the Crow or their language.
Origin:
suggested by French gens de corbeaux, translating Siouan apsáaloke ‘crow people’.
eat crow
• be humiliated by having to admit one's defeats or mistakes.
• "the so-called experts will be eating crow tonight"
