to crow

Examples

• All

• The last time he woke, roosters were crowing, and he sat up.

  Fiction book (1992)

• You can go to work when the rooster crows.

  Babe (1995)

• I think our roosters would crow more softly on another roof.

  The Ten Commandments (1956)

• It's hard to make a rooster stop crowing once the sun has risen.

  Fiction book (1992)

• After quite a while, the rooster left, shaking his feathers and crowing, the same way he had arrived.

  Fiction book (1994)

• After a rooster crowed to end the newsreel, the screen went dark.

  Fiction book (1999)

• The sound of the old rooster crowing outside the door woke Annalisa.

  Fiction book (1997)

• The rooster shook itself and crowed to announce its arrival.

  Fiction book (1994)

• Awakened by a rooster crowing, I was walking out to the barn to milk our three cows.

  Fiction book (2002)

• When the sun began to rise, the rooster crowed loudly to announce the start of the day.

Synonyms

K

to kaw

vsto crow

9.9

To make a loud, harsh sound like a crow

is a shrill loud call often given at dawn

Idioms

E

to eat crow

• Informal

4 8.9

To admit you were wrong and feel embarrassed

A

as the crow flies

3 4.2

A distance measured in a straight line between two places rather than by road

C

to couldn't help but crow

• Informal

9.3

Be unable to stop yourself from bragging about a success

J

Jesum Crow

• Offensive

9.9

An old cry showing strong surprise or disbelief

Phrasal Verbs

C

to crow about

6 7.9

To brag in a way that annoys other people

Compounds

J

Jim Crow

• NSFW

31 8.9

Laws and social rules that kept Black and white people separate in the Southern United States

J

Jim Crow law

• NSFW

5 9.0

Laws in the United States that kept Black and white people apart, mainly in the South

C

crow blackbird

• US

8.4

A large black bird with a long tail and shiny feathers

C

crow corn

• Archaic

9.9

A small plant like grass with pale flowers and a bitter root used to treat stomach problems

C

crow garlic

• UK

9.2

A wild plant like an onion with a strong, sharp smell

C

Crow language

9.9

A language spoken by the Crow people in Montana, USA

C

crow pheasant

• Indian

9.9

A large bird that lives on the ground with shiny black feathers and a long tail

C

crow step

• UK

9.9

A stepped edge at the top of a wall under a sloping roof

C

crow-bait

• Archaic

9.9

A very thin weak horse that looks near death

C

crow-sized

3.9

About the same size as a crow

A

American crow

• US

3.3

A large glossy black bird found in North America that makes a loud cawing sound and is very smart

J

jim crow

• Archaic

9.9

A long metal bar with a curved claw for pulling nails

P

piping crow

• Australian

9.9

A black and white bird the size of a crow that copies sounds

P

piping crow-shrike

• Australian

9.9

A black and white bird like a crow that sings a pleasant song and copies other sounds

How Loud

to crow

12 4.0

to call

∞ 1.0

to murmur

11 4.2

Surface Forms

Etymology