crow

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a large, black bird with a loud, unpleasant 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.

to talk in a proud and annoying way, often because you have succeeded and other people have failed:

crow about He's always crowing about his latest triumph.

We were careful not to crow too much.

It can be tempting to crow over other people's failures.

a large, black bird with a loud cry

(of a male chicken) to make a loud cry:

A rooster crowed repeatedly.

Someone who crows expresses a lot of happiness or pride:

“I told you so,” my little brother crowed.