cow
- noun
- /kaʊ/
- Slur
- She's being a proper cow right now.
I thought you miserable cow, my wife's just died in you.
- I thought you miserable cow, my wife's just died in you.
- Nathan said that Trisha's a cow next story.
Examples
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Betty was homely as a mud fence, stupid as a cow, and bigger than most of us guys.
Fiction book (1991) -
Bramson approached me, saying, "Holy cow, you may as well get ready to spend the whole morning here."
Academic text (1992) -
Who would want to be married to a fat cow like you when he could marry a body like this?
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My mom's having a cow about the bathroom.
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I can't believe she called me a cow just because I disagreed with her.
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Whenever someone mentions her name, people say she's such a cow for how she treats others.
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During the meeting, she acted like a real cow, making it difficult for anyone to share their ideas.
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
A deadly disease of cows that damages the brain and can make people sick if they eat the meat
- Offensive
A college that teaches farming and is often called low quality as an insult
- US
A tall wild plant with thick stems and white or purple flower groups that can irritate your skin
- UK
A small European annual plant with pale pink flowers that often grows as a weed in grain fields
- US
A water plant with broad floating leaves and round yellow flowers that grows in quiet ponds
- US
A medium to large tree that grows in eastern United States with strong wood for baskets and chair seats
- UK
A tall plant with clusters of small white flowers that grows wild by roads and fields
- Specialized
A fern with long flat pale green leaves that grows on trees or on the ground in warm places
- Jargon
A very simple model that ignores real details to explain something, often as a joke
How Offensive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cow used as an insult comes from comparing a person to the animal — a rude way to call someone 'unpleasant' or large — and a helpful way to remember it is to think of the rude comparison, which is why the word is offensive.