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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Crow \Crow\ (kr[=o]), verb (used without an object) [imp. {Crew} (kr[udd]) or {Crowed} (kr[=o]d); p. p. {Crowed} ({Crown} (kr[=o]n), Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crowing}.] [AS. cr[=a]wan; akin to D. kraijen, G. kr[aum]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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Crow \Crow\, noun [AS. cr[=a]we a crow (in sense 1); akin to D. kraai, G. kr[aum]he; cf. Icel. kr[=a]ka crow. So named from its cry, from AS. cr[=a]wan to crow. See {Crow}, verb (used without an object) ]
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 {Corvus corone}. The common American crow is {Corvus 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}, verb (used without an object), 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).
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Crows \Crows\ (kr[=o]z), noun pl.; sing. {Crow}. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians of the Dakota stock, living in Montana; -- also called {Upsarokas}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
crow
noun
1: black birds having a raucous call
2: the cry of a cock (or an imitation of it)
3: a member of the Siouan people formerly living in eastern Montana
4: a small quadrilateral constellation in the southern hemisphere near Virgo [syn: {Corvus}]
5: an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade" [syn: {brag}, {bragging}, {crowing}, {vaporing}, {line-shooting}, {gasconade}]
6: a Siouan language spoken by the Crow people
verb
1: dwell on with satisfaction [syn: {gloat}, {triumph}]
2: express pleasure verbally; "She crowed with joy"
3: utter shrill sounds; "The cocks crowed all morning"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
229 Moby Thesaurus words for "crow": Homeric laughter, 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, ho-ho, hoarseness, 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
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