1. A black bird having a raucous call
   "The crow cawed loudly from the top of the old oak tree"
    
2. The cry of a cock (or an imitation of it)
   "The crow of the rooster woke the farmer at dawn"
    
3. An instance of boastful talk
   "His crow about winning the race annoyed his teammates";
   - brag, bragging, crowing, vaporing [US], gasconade [archaic], vapouring [Brit, Cdn]

1. Utter shrill sounds
   "The cocks crowed all morning"
    
2. Express pleasure verbally
   "She crowed with joy"
    
3. Dwell on with satisfaction
   "He couldn't help but crow over his victory in the chess tournament";
   - gloat, triumph

1. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in eastern Montana
   - Crow Nation
    
2. A Siouan language spoken by the Crow
   - Crow language
    
3. A small quadrilateral constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Virgo
   - Corvus

Derived forms: crows, crowed, Crows, crowing

Type of: blow [informal], bluster, boast, boasting, brag, constellation, corvine bird, cry, emit, gas [informal], gasconade [archaic], jactitation, let loose, let out, self-praise, shoot a line [informal], Siouan, Siouan language, Sioux, skite [Austral, NZ, informal], swash [archaic], utter, vaunt

Part of: Corvus, genus Corvus

Encyclopedia: Crow, Michael