crow

/kroʊ/

/krəʊ/

Other forms: crows; crowing; crowed

A crow is a large, intelligent, black bird with a loud call. Farmers and gardeners set up "scarecrows" to keep crows away from their seeds and crops.

A crow is glossy and dark, a close relation of the raven, and a large group of crows is known as a murder. When a crow caws, you can also say it crows — and another way to crow is to call out with satisfaction about something: "I'm so proud of the award I just want to crow about it all day long!" The Old English root of crow is crawe, which imitates the sound a crow makes.

Definitions of crow

1. noun

   black birds having a raucous call
   types:

   American crow, Corvus brachyrhyncos

   common crow of North America

   type of:

   corvine bird

   birds of the crow family
2. noun

   the cry of a rooster (or an imitation of it)
   types:

   cock-a-doodle-doo

   an imitation of the crow of a cock

   type of:

   cry

   the characteristic utterance of an animal
3. verb

   utter shrill sounds
   “The cocks crowed all morning”

   type of:

   emit, let loose, let out, utter

   express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)
4. verb

   express pleasure verbally
   “She crowed with joy”

   type of:

   emit, let loose, let out, utter

   express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)
5. verb

   dwell on with satisfaction
   synonyms: gloat, triumph

   types:

   congratulate, preen

   pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement

   type of:

   blow, bluster, boast, brag, gas, gasconade, shoot a line, swash, tout, vaunt

   show off
6. noun

   an instance of boastful talk
   synonyms: brag, bragging, crowing, gasconade, line-shooting, vaporing

   type of:

   boast, boasting, jactitation, self-praise

   speaking of yourself in superlatives