crow
[verb]
Synonyms: gloat, blow one's own trumpet, boast, brag, exult, strut, swagger, triumph

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Related Words: cry, exult, jubilate

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English Thesaurus: boast, brag, blow your own trumpet, crow, gloat, ...

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I. Crow noun

1. the Crow [P] a Native American tribe that now lives in southern Montana

2. [countable] a member of this tribe ⇒ Native American
—Crow adjective:
a Crow chief

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II. Crow, Jim
⇒ Jim Crow

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I. crow¹ /krəʊ $ kroʊ/ noun
[Sense 1,3: Language: Old English; Origin: crawe]
[Sense 2: Date: 1200-1300; Origin: ⇒ crow²]

1. [countable] a large shiny black bird with a loud cry

2. [singular] the loud sound a cock makes

3. as the crow flies in a straight line:
ten miles from here as the crow flies
⇒ eat crow at eat(7)

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II. crow² verb [intransitive]
[Language: Old English; Origin: crawan]

1. if a cock crows, it makes a loud high sound

2. to talk about what you have done in a very proud way – used to show disapproval
crow over/about
He was crowing over winning the bet.

3. written if someone, especially a baby, crows, they make a noise that shows they are happy:
Ben rushed to his father, crowing with pleasure.

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crow
noun
ADJ. black | carrion
QUANT. flock
CROW + VERB fly | perch The black crow perched on the telephone pole.
caw, shriek

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crow
verb
ADV. triumphantly, with delight She gave the purse to Ruby, who crowed with delight.
PREP. about/over The company hasn't much to crow about, with sales down compared with last year.

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boast to talk too proudly about your abilities, achievements, or possessions because you want other people to admire you:
She’s always boasting about how good she is at languages.
brag to boast in a way that annoys other people. Brag is more informal than boast:
He was bragging about how many girlfriends he had had.
I don’t think they have anything to brag about.
The rebels have repeatedly bragged that their fighters have been responsible for the mounting attacks on policemen, 226 of whom were killed last year.
blow your own trumpet British English, blow your own horn American English spoken to talk a lot about your achievements – used especially when you want to mention your achievements but do not want to sound as if you are boasting:
I don’t want to blow my own trumpet, but it was me who came up with the idea for the project in the first place.
crow to boast about something you have achieved, when other people have been less lucky or successful:
Nordstrom and his supporters are still crowing about winning the lawsuit.
gloat to behave in a way that shows that you are proud of your own success and happy about someone else’s failure:
The Australians are still gloating over their victory over England.
The liberals are gloating and celebrating all over town.
I haven’t come to gloat! We all have to lose sometimes.
be full of yourself informal to show by your words and behaviour that you are very proud of your abilities and achievements - used when you dislike someone because of this:
‘He’s so full of himself,’ Constance complained. ‘He thinks he can get away with anything.’
After the game she was really full of herself.

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crow
krəu
See: eat crow

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