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
From the library
I am sleepy, Bagheera, and Shere Khan is all long tail and loud talk--like Mao, the Peacock.”
He dances like Mao the Peacock.
You’ll just pamper Anne’s vanity, Matthew, and she’s as vain as a peacock now.
## The Peacock and the Crane
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