1
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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2
as in to brag
to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess
the in-your-face crowing by some of the winning athletes at the Olympics was embarrassing
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Recent Examples of crow
Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 17 Aug. 2025
As Wednesday processes this, the evil one-eyed crow shows up and flies off with her evidence in its beak.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
Dade Hayes, Deadline, 22 July 2025
Trump’s Friday morning post didn’t just crow about Colbert’s cancellation.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 18 July 2025
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Verb
The bird was an American crow from Walnut Creek.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 17 Aug. 2025
As Wednesday processes this, the evil one-eyed crow shows up and flies off with her evidence in its beak.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
Noun
The company crowed about its Nielsen crown last January during its annual Tech & Data Showcase at the CES tech conference in Las Vegas.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 22 July 2025
Trump’s Friday morning post didn’t just crow about Colbert’s cancellation.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 18 July 2025
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Verb
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SciAm always educates and delights me, and inspires a sense of awe for our vast, beautiful universe.—
Max Springer,
Scientific American,
2 Sep. 2025
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Their incredible restraint and tolerance for the small, noisy bird delighted viewers.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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As the funding rolled in earlier this year, Bollinger bragged that, since Nov 2022, the company spread some $76 million in capital investments across 4 Mississippi shipyards.—
Craig Hooper,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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However, the salaries are nothing to brag about.—
Kathy Kristof,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The jollity extends to the audience, which if Friday’s night’s crowd was indication is largely filled with family and friends of the large cast and who are prone to applaud and whoop at the end of every scene.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
12 Aug. 2025
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There was a very quick look at Jared Padalecki (met with whoops and cheers), who is boarding the final season in a reunion with Supernatural co-star Jensen Ackles aka Soldier Boy.—
Patrick Hipes,
Deadline,
25 July 2025
Verb
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The Italy Under-21 international has started the season in the team, and boasts a Rory Delap-esque long throw.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
2 Sep. 2025
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The rest of the field mainly boasted soft tires, but still, even Red Bull's Max Verstappen could not catch either McLaren car.—
Nelson Espinal,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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His friends respond with knowing chuckles.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
2 Sep. 2025
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The humor is clever and sharp, with a half-dozen jokes per half-hour guaranteed to elicit a chuckle or more.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
22 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The worrying thing for Saturday's host is the fact that both teams managed to triumph on each other's turf, with Atalanta winning 3-1 at this venue in November 2024.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Aug. 2025
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In their place, video-first talk formats have triumphed, with podcasting now principally looking more like daytime radio or, for that matter, television.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
28 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Defensively, the 49ers were down to only a few healthy starters before kickoff, and one of them, cornerback Deommodore Lenoir, got bulled over at one point by Raiders rookie Ashton Jeanty.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
16 Aug. 2025
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John Franklin-Myers bulled right through Alex Palczewski at one point in a red zone drill.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
26 July 2025
Noun
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As evening falls, the clink of pints and bursts of cackles spill from Pat Collins Pub—where locals swap stories to the rhythm of fiddle tunes beneath an Irish twilight.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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“Crow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crow. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.
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