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as in to delight
to feel or express joy or triumph being the home of the new Super Bowl champs was the first thing that city residents had to crow about in a very long time

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noun

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How is the word crow distinct from other similar verbs?

Some common synonyms of crow are boast, brag, and vaunt. While all these words mean "to express pride in oneself or one's accomplishments," crow usually implies exultant boasting or bragging.

crowed after winning the championship

When is boast a more appropriate choice than crow?

While the synonyms boast and crow are close in meaning, boast often suggests ostentation and exaggeration, but it may imply a claiming with proper and justifiable pride.

boasts of every trivial success
the town boasts one of the best museums in the area

When is it sensible to use brag instead of crow?

The meanings of brag and crow largely overlap; however, brag suggests crudity and artlessness in glorifying oneself.

bragging of their exploits

How does the word vaunt relate to other synonyms for crow?

Vaunt usually connotes more pomp and bombast than boast and less crudity or naïveté than brag.

vaunted his country's military might

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Recent Examples of crow
Verb
Lil Rel Howery had some choice words for his high-school crush Benedict Cumberbatch was seized by a crow Photo: Sundance Institute In The Thing With Feathers, Cumberbatch plays a widower with two young sons who is grieving the loss of his wife. Anusha Praturu, Vulture, 27 Jan. 2025 That said, these crows aren’t the only smart members of the Corvidae family. Scott Travers, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Noun
Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach is crowing about a victory in his lawsuit against Pfizer over the safety of its COVID-19 vaccine. Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2025 Not even the endless crowing about this daredevil feat in the marketing campaign leading up to the Cannes Film Festival premiere (and the movie’s release on May 23rd) can suck the exhilaration and sense of awe of watching this extended jaunt through the wild blue yonder. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for crow
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crow
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  • Jackson had been delighted by the number of young people who had turned out, a perennial goal for august cultural institutions.
    Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 10 July 2025
  • Thus far, the administration has managed to fend off initial court challenges, maintain arrests at a steady clip, and generate images of a ruthless crackdown in a liberal bastion that delight the president’s supporters.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025
Verb
  • Earlier this week, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg sent a memo bragging about hiring 11 AI experts from companies such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google's DeepMind.
    Kif Leswing, CNBC, 4 July 2025
  • With so much focus on education and woes in this country, Detroit Cristo Rey has a different narrative, one worth bragging about as all 74 seniors graduating on June 6 have been accepted to colleges ranging from Harvard, University of Michigan, Michigan State, Georgia Tech, Wayne State and Madonna.
    Carol Cain, Freep.com, 3 July 2025
Noun
  • The dirt track is flat in parts but also has motocross-style whoops (a series of short hills) and rhythm sections (jumps of varying sizes and spacing) designed to shake up the race.
    William Liang, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2025
  • Her birthday surprise is, in fact, a life-sized dinosaur statue, which Ellie scales with a whoop.
    EW.com, EW.com, 19 May 2025
Verb
  • The city of Miami boasts the largest condo market in Miami-Dade, and the values of units built before the start of 2024 dropped 1% as this year began, according to a Miami Herald analysis of the data.
    Douglas Hanks July 5, Miami Herald, 5 July 2025
  • In this way, the typewriter boasts the ability to retrieve up to 90,000 characters.
    Emily Feng, NPR, 5 July 2025
Verb
  • When all was said and done, the Red Sox triumphed 9-3.
    Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 8 July 2025
  • Meanwhile, Krejčíková triumphed against Paolini in the women's singles final.
    Caroline Blair, People.com, 30 June 2025
Verb
  • Shares in Tesla gained 3.5% on the back of the surprise, since most Tesla bulls that closely follow the stock had expected closer to 370,000 for the quarter.
    Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 3 July 2025
  • Some of the recurring elements at this year’s Cannes Film Festival were coincidences, like the many scenes in which women angrily masturbated, or children bulled one of their own, or a house became a portal into generations of family history.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 27 May 2025
Verb
  • Messi, at 35, led his country to glory against France, winning soccer’s ultimate prize in a pulsating match that finished 3-3 after extra time and had to be settled by a nerve-wracking penalty shootout.
    Patrick Smith, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2022
  • If Harris can bring together a family with Indian, African, and Jewish heritage, America can glory in its diversity.
    Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 26 Aug. 2020
Noun
  • Expect laughter, reflection, and real talk that inspires.
    Essence, Essence, 6 July 2025
  • The remark by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jefferies to fellow New York Rep. Elise Stefanik sparked laughter and several surprised reactions from other Democrats seated in the chamber.
    Jackson Walker, Baltimore Sun, 3 July 2025

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“Crow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crow. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.

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