peacock
/ˈpikɑk/ verb C2- To strut about proudly or haughtily.
- To engage in peacocking, ostentatious dress or behaviour to impress women.
He/she/it peacocks · Past peacocked · Past participle peacocked · -ing form peacocking
Verb forms
- Base form
- peacock
- He/she/it
- peacocks
- Past
- peacocked
- Past participle
- peacocked
- -ing form
- peacocking
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## The Peacock and the Crane
A PEACOCK spreading its gorgeous tail mocked a Crane that passed by, ridiculing the ashen hue of its plumage and saying, “I am robed, like a king, in gold and purple and all the colors of the rainbow; while you have not a bit of color on your wings.” “True,” replied the Crane; “but I soar to the heights of heaven and lift up my voice to the stars, while you walk below, like a cock, among the birds of the dunghill.”
He dances like Mao the Peacock.
I am sleepy, Bagheera, and Shere Khan is all long tail and loud talk--like Mao, the Peacock.”
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