Dictionary Entry
crow
crow is a 4-letter English word with 16 senses as intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make the shrill sound characteristic of a cock, either in joy, gayety, or defiance. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 16 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To make the shrill sound characteristic of a cock, either in joy, gayety, or defiance.
- 2intransitive verb
To shout in exultation or defiance; to brag.
- 3intransitive verb
To utter a sound expressive of joy or pleasure.
- 4intransitive verb
A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles. It has a harsh, croaking note. See Caw.
- 5intransitive verb
A bar of iron with a beak, crook, or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar.
- 6intransitive verb
The cry of the cock. See Crow. i., 1.
- 7intransitive verb
The mesentery of a beast; -- so called by butchers.
- 8noun
black birds having a raucous call
- 9noun
a Siouan language spoken by the Crow
- 10noun
an instance of boastful talk
"his brag is worse than his fight"
"whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade"
- 11noun
the cry of a cock (or an imitation of it)
- 12noun
a small quadrilateral constellation in the southern hemisphere near Virgo
Synonyms
- 13noun
a member of the Siouan people formerly living in eastern Montana
- 14verb
express pleasure verbally
"She crowed with joy"
- 15verb
utter shrill sounds
"The cocks crowed all morning"
- 16verb
dwell on with satisfaction
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