crow

The definition of a crow is a glossy black bird, or the high-pitched sound of a rooster.

(noun)

To crow is to make a loud and shrill cry, or to boast about something.

(verb)

See crow in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

1. any of a genus (Corvus) of large, nonmigratory corvids with glossy black plumage and a typical harsh call, including the raven, rook, and jackdaw
2. certain other unrelated birds, as the turkey vulture
Rare a crowbar

Origin: ME croue < OE crawa, akin to Ger krähe, ON kraka < IE base *ger-, echoic of hoarse cry > crake, crane, crack

intransitive verb crowed, Chiefly Brit.crew , crowed, crowing

Origin: ME crouen < OE crawan: for IE base see crow

noun

a crowing sound

noun

pl. Crows or Crow a member of a North American Indian people living in the upper basins of the Yellowstone and Bighorn rivers
the Siouan language of this people

Origin: transl., via Fr gens de corbeaux, lit., people of the ravens, of their native name, apsáaloke, crow people

See crow in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Any of several large glossy black birds of the genus Corvus, having a characteristic raucous call, especially C. brachyrhynchos of North America.
A crowbar.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English croue

Origin: , from Old English crāwe; see gerə-² in Indo-European roots

Origin: . Sense 2, from the resemblance of its forked end to a crow's foot or beak

intransitive verb crowed crowed, crow·ing, Crows crows

To utter the shrill cry characteristic of a cock or rooster.
To exult loudly, as over another's defeat; boast. See Synonyms at boast¹.
To make a sound expressive of pleasure or well-being, characteristic of an infant.

noun

Origin:

Origin: Middle English crouen

Origin: , from Old English crāwan; see gerə-² in Indo-European roots

noun pl. Crow Crow or Crows In both senses also called Absaroke.

a. A Native American people formerly inhabiting an area of the northern Great Plains between the Platte and Yellowstone rivers, now located in southeast Montana. The Crow became nomadic buffalo hunters after migrating west from the Missouri River in North Dakota in the 18th century.
b. A member of this people.
The Siouan language of the Crow.

noun

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