crow

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US /kroʊ/ 
UK /krəʊ/ 

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Crow

I. Crow BrE AmE noun
1. the Crow [P] a Native American tribe that now lives in southern Montana
2. [countable] a member of this tribe ⇨ ↑Native American
—Crow adjective:
a Crow chief
II. Crow, Jim BrE AmE
⇨ ↑Jim Crow

crow

I. crow1 /krəʊ $ kroʊ/ BrE AmE noun
[Sense 1,3: Language: Old English; Origin: crawe]
[Sense 2: Date: 1200-1300; Origin: ⇨ ↑crow2]
1. [countable] a large shiny black bird with a loud cry
2. [singular] the loud sound a ↑cock makes
3. as the crow flies in a straight line:
ten miles from here as the crow flies
eat crow at ↑eat(7)
II. crow2 BrE AmE verb [intransitive]
[Language: Old English; Origin: crawan]
1. if a ↑cock crows, it makes a loud high sound
2. to talk about what you have done in a very proud way – used to show disapproval
crow over/about
He was crowing over winning the bet.
3. written if someone, especially a baby, crows, they make a noise that shows they are happy:
Ben rushed to his father, crowing with pleasure.
• • •
THESAURU
boast to talk too proudly about your abilities, achievements, or possessions because you want other people to admire you: She’s always boasting about how good she is at languages.
brag to boast in a way that annoys other people. Brag is more informal than boast: He was bragging about how many girlfriends he had had. | I don’t think they have anything to brag about. | The rebels have repeatedly bragged that their fighters have been responsible for the mounting attacks on policemen, 226 of whom were killed last year.
blow your own trumpet British English, blow your own horn American English spoken to talk a lot about your achievements – used especially when you want to mention your achievements but do not want to sound as if you are boasting: I don’t want to blow my own trumpet, but it was me who came up with the idea for the project in the first place.
crow to boast about something you have achieved, when other people have been less lucky or successful: Nordstrom and his supporters are still crowing about winning the lawsuit.
gloat to behave in a way that shows that you are proud of your own success and happy about someone else’s failure: The Australians are still gloating over their victory over England. | The liberals are gloating and celebrating all over town. | I haven’t come to gloat! We all have to lose sometimes.
be full of yourself informal to show by your words and behaviour that you are very proud of your abilities and achievements - used when you dislike someone because of this: ‘He’s so full of himself,’ Constance complained. ‘He thinks he can get away with anything.’ | After the game she was really full of herself.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Crow

Crow 7   [krəʊ]    [kroʊ]  noun (pl. Crow or Crows)
a member of a Native American people, many of whom live in the US state of Montana 
Word Origin:
[Crow] suggested by French gens de corbeaux, translating Siouan apsáaloke ‘crow people’. Siouan is a family of North American Indian languages.  
Culture:

The Crow were hunters and grew tobacco. They helped the US Army against the Sioux people. Most Crows now live on a reservation (= land given and protected by the US government) in southern Montana.

crow [crow crows crowed crew crowing] noun, verb   [krəʊ]    [kroʊ] 

noun

1. a large bird, completely or mostly black, with a rough unpleasant cry

2. a sound like that of a cock / rooster crowing
She gave a little crow of triumph.
more at eat crow at  eat, stone the crows at  stone  v.  
Word Origin:
n. sense 1 Old English crāwe West Germanic Dutch kraai German Krähe crow
n. sense 2 and v. Old English crāwan West Germanic German krähen crow

Idiom: as the crow flies 

verb
1. intransitive (of a cock  / rooster) to make repeated loud high sounds, especially early in the morning

A cock began to crow.

2. intransitive, transitive (disapproving) to talk too proudly about sth you have achieved, especially when sb else has been unsuccessful
Syn:  boast, Syn: gloat
~ (about/over sth) He won't stop crowing about his victory.
+ speech ‘I've won, I've won!’ she crowed.

~ that… He crowed that they had sold out in one day.

3. intransitive (BrE) (of a baby) to make happy sounds
 
Word Origin:
n. sense 1 Old English crāwe West Germanic Dutch kraai German Krähe crow
n. sense 2 and v. Old English crāwan West Germanic German krähen crow
 
Example Bank:
She gave the purse to Ruby, who crowed with delight.
The company hasn't much to crow about, with sales down compared with last year.
‘I've won, I've won!’ she crowed triumphantly.

He won't stop crowing about his victory.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

crow

crow (CRY) /krəʊ/ US /kroʊ/
verb [I] crowed or UK ALSO crew, crowed or UK ALSO crew
1 When a cock (= an adult male chicken) crows, it makes a very long and loud sharp cry:
We were woken at dawn by a cock crowing repeatedly.

2 When a baby crows, it makes sudden cries of happiness.

3 DISAPPROVING to talk in a proud and annoying way about something you have done:
He's always crowing about his latest triumph.

crow (BIRD) /krəʊ/ US /kroʊ/
noun [C]
a large black bird with a loud unpleasant cry

Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

crow

/kroʊ/
(crows, crowing, crowed)

1.
A crow is a large black bird which makes a loud, harsh noise.
N-COUNT

2.
When a cock crows, it makes a loud sound, often early in the morning.
The cock crows and the dawn chorus begins.
VERB: V

3.
If you say that someone is crowing about something they have achieved or are pleased about, you disapprove of them because they keep telling people proudly about it. (INFORMAL)
Edwards is already crowing about his assured victory...
We’ve seen them all crowing that the movement is dead.
= boast
VERB: V about/over n, V that [disapproval]

4.
If you say that a place is a particular distance away as the crow flies, you mean that it is that distance away measured in a straight line.
I live at Mesa, Washington, about 10 miles as the crow flies from Hanford.