crow
/kɹoʊ/ verb C2- To make the shrill sound characteristic of a rooster; to make a sound in this manner, either in gaiety, joy, pleasure, or defiance.
- To shout in exultation or defiance; to brag. · He’s been crowing all day about winning the game of cards.
- To test the reed of a double reed instrument by placing the reed alone in the mouth and blowing it.
He/she/it crows · Past crowed · Past participle crowed · -ing form crowing
Verb forms
- Base form
- crow
- He/she/it
- crows
- Past
- crowed
- Past participle
- crowed
- -ing form
- crowing
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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She ate a hearty breakfast, and watched a wee Munchkin baby, who played with Toto and pulled his tail and crowed and laughed in a way that greatly amused Dorothy.
By and by an old crow flew near me, and after looking at me carefully he perched upon my shoulder and said:
Any crow of sense could see that you are only stuffed with straw.’ Then he hopped down at my feet and ate all the corn he wanted.
“I felt sad at this, for it showed I was not such a good Scarecrow after all; but the old crow comforted me, saying, ‘If you only had brains in your head you would be as good a man as any of them, and a better man than some of them.
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