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To utter a loud, birdlike cry or call
“The gods had duped him by making the cock crow at midnight.”
To (excessively) boast about one's accomplishments, qualities, or possessions
“Lee, who refused to crow about his victory, was genuinely perplexed as to what had provoked Grant into this supreme blunder.”
To express or show elation or triumph
“But really, it is a nefarious kind of folly thus to insult his readers by adding nothing fresh, and then standing to crow over his inglorious mound of absurdities.”
To laugh, especially quietly or inwardly
To make a husky, squawking noise
To enjoy oneself or celebrate in a noisy or boisterous way
Plural for a large and lustrous black species of bird of the genus Corvus
“It was a large, black crow, and he thought he saw it plucking viciously and ardently at the eyes of the scarecrow.”
Plural for a shrill noise, especially made by a voice or bird
Plural for a boisterous, joyous laughter, resembling the sound of a donkey
Plural for a rigid bar designed to aid in lifting or forcing things apart
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