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
Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Merlins do not build their own nests but instead move into old crow nests.
—Tom Langen, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2025
NBC news, 17 Aug. 2025
There were a few more taste tests and recipe readings before crowing the blue ribbon champion.
—Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 14 Aug. 2025
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Verb
There was a dead crow in the street.
—Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Merlins do not build their own nests but instead move into old crow nests.
—Tom Langen, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
The foreign ministry spokeswoman in Moscow is crowing about that – that he's no longer isolated.
—NBC news, 17 Aug. 2025
There were a few more taste tests and recipe readings before crowing the blue ribbon champion.
—Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 14 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crow
Verb
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SciAm always educates and delights me, and inspires a sense of awe for our vast, beautiful universe.—
Andrea Thompson,
Scientific American,
29 Sep. 2025
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The interaction delighted Kate's followers, who commented on his presence and received a wave from off-camera.—
Carson Blackwelder,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Even her mom had let go of her dream of her daughter becoming a nurse, now bragging to her friends that her little girl was working for the NFL.—
Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
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However, a jailhouse informant told a DA investigator in a recorded interview that Neary bragged in jail about stabbing Miner.—
Tony Saavedra,
Oc Register,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Conduit congregants welcomed Baker’s video with whoops, shouts and tears, signaling a shared grief.—
Liam Adams,
USA Today,
16 Sep. 2025
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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
Verb
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In the video, the company boasts about getting more people to gamble on sports through what's called micro-betting during live games.—
Karen Brown,
NPR,
30 Sep. 2025
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Launched in 2008, Spotify now offers over 100 million tracks and boasts 696 million users and 276 million subscribers, up 11% and 12% respectively from a year ago.—
Jaures Yip,
CNBC,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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People joined in and had a good old chuckle.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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LaKeith Stanfield is an easy standout as Parker’s best friend Grofield, a passionate actor who moonlights as a criminal to fund his dead-end theater company — some of the movie’s heartiest chuckles come from the joy Grofield takes in getting to ham things up as part of the heist.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Madrid have won the Spanish title more often than any other club, triumphing 36 times.—
Will Jeanes,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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The author’s losses were profound, and her protagonist’s desire to triumph over loss is clear.—
Jon Michael Varese,
The Atlantic,
28 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Federal officers fired rubber bulled and used tear gas.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
5 Oct. 2025
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But as retail investors push the market higher, and bulls cheer liquidity support and policy tailwinds, some experts are raising questions if the market is entering bubble territory.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Kate Moss, who so rarely gives interviews that even her throaty cackle feels like a disclosure, is another friend who submitted to Freud’s inquiries.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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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 8 Oct. 2025.
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