crownoun [ C ]
uk/krəʊ/us/kroʊ/a large, black bird with a loud, unpleasant cry
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Other wild birds
- bird of paradise
- blackbird
- blue tit
- bluebird
- bluejay
- honeyeater
- house martin
- house sparrow
- hummingbird
- Indian mynah
- martin
- mockingbird
- mynah
- nightingale
- oriole
- squab
- starling
- swift
- toucan
- turtle dove
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Idiom(s)
as the crow flies
crowverb [ I ]
uk/krəʊ/us/kroʊ/crowed or UK also crewcrow verb [ I ] (CRY)
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.
When a baby crows, it makes sudden cries of happiness.
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Animal (non-human) sounds
- baa
- bark
- bellow
- caterwaul
- caw
- cluck
- coo
- growl
- hiss
- howling
- oink
- peep
- snarl
- squawk
- squee
- trumpet
- whimper
- woof
- yip
- yowl
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Sounds made by humans with their mouths
crow verb [ I ] (TALK PROUDLY)
disapproving to talk in a proud and annoying way about something you have done:
He's always crowing about his latest triumph.
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Boasting
- bighead
- blow
- blow your own trumpet/horn idiom
- blowhard
- boast
- boastful
- brag
- braggart
- swagger