crow
verb/krəʊ/
/krəʊ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they crow | /krəʊ/ /krəʊ/ |
| he / she / it crows | /krəʊz/ /krəʊz/ |
| past simple crowed | /krəʊd/ /krəʊd/ |
| past participle crowed | /krəʊd/ /krəʊd/ |
| -ing form crowing | /ˈkrəʊɪŋ/ /ˈkrəʊɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] (of a rooster) to make repeated loud high sounds, especially early in the morning
- A cock began to crow.
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- [intransitive, transitive] (disapproving) to talk too proudly about something you have achieved, especially when somebody else has been unsuccessful synonym boast, gloat
- crow (about/over something) He won't stop crowing about his victory.
- The company hasn't much to crow about, with sales down compared with last year.
- + speech ‘I've won, I've won!’ she crowed.
- crow that… He crowed that they had sold out in one day.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- triumphantly
- with delight
- about
- over
- [intransitive] (British English) (of a baby) to make happy sounds
- She gave the purse to Ruby, who crowed with delight.
Word Originverb Old English crāwan, of West Germanic origin; related to German krähen, also to crow the bird; ultimately imitative.
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