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[1] any of several large oscine birds of the genus Corvus, of the family Corvidae, having a long, stout bill, lustrous black plumage, and a wedge-shaped tail, as the common C. brachyrhynchos, of North America.
[2] any of several other birds of the family Corvidae.
[3] any of various similar birds of other families.
[4] (initial capital letter ) Astronomy . the constellation Corvus.
[5] crowbar(def 1) .
[6] as the crow flies , in a straight line; by the most direct route: The next town is thirty miles from here, as the crow flies.
[7] eat crow , Informal . to be forced to admit to having made a mistake, as by retracting an emphatic statement; suffer humiliation: His prediction was completely wrong, and he had to eat crow.
[8] have a crow to pick /pluck with someone , Midland and Southern U.S. to have a reason to disagree or argue with someone.
[9] to utter the characteristic cry of a rooster.
[10] to gloat, boast, or exult (often followed by over ).
[11] to utter an inarticulate cry of pleasure, as an infant does.
[12] the characteristic cry of a rooster.
[13] an inarticulate cry of pleasure.
[14] a member of a Siouan people of eastern Montana.
[15] a Siouan language closely related to Hidatsa.
[16] any large gregarious songbird of the genus Corvus, esp C. corone (the carrion crow) of Europe and Asia: family Corvidae . Other species are the raven, rook, and jackdaw and all have a heavy bill, glossy black plumage, and rounded wings See also carrion crow Related adjective: corvine
[17] any of various other corvine birds, such as the jay, magpie, and nutcracker
[18] any of various similar birds of other families
[19] offensive an old or ugly woman
[20] short for crowbar
[21] as the crow flies as directly as possible
[22] eat crow US and Canadian informal to be forced to do something humiliating
[23] stone the crows stone
[24] (past tense crowed or crew) to utter a shrill squawking sound, as a cock
[25] (often foll by over) to boast one's superiority
[26] (esp of babies) to utter cries of pleasure
[27] the act or an instance of crowing
[28] plural Crows or Crow a member of a Native American people living in E Montana
[29] the language of this people, belonging to the Siouan family

Words related to Crow

squawk, boast, gloat, strut, blow, prate, cackle, babble, cry, gas, whoop, rodomontade, mouth, gurgle, jubilate, flourish, puff, swagger, bluster, triumph

Words nearby Crow

crouse, croustade, croute, crouton, crouzon's disease, crow, crow blackbird, crow over, crow step, crow's-foot, crow's-nest

Origin of Crow

1795–1805; translation of North American French (gens des ) Corbeaux Raven (people), literal translation of Crow apsá˙loke a Crow Indian

Words that may be confused with Crow

craw, crow

Other words from Crow

crow·er , noun
crow·ing·ly , adverb

Word origin for Crow

Old English crāwan; related to Old High German krāen, Dutch kraaien

Synonyms for Crow

boast, gloat, squawk, strut, babble, blow, bluster, cackle, caw, cock-a-doodle-doo, cry, flourish, gas, gurgle, jubilate, mouth, prate, puff, rodomontade, swagger, triumph, vaunt, whoop, glory in