crow
verb [I] (CRY) /krəʊ/
/kroʊ/ (crowed or UK also crew)Definition
› When a cock (= an adult male chicken) crows, it makes a very long and loud sharp cry: We were woken at dawn by a cock crowing repeatedly.Animal (non-human) sounds › When a baby crows, it makes sudden cries of happiness.Sounds made by humans with their mouths
(Definition of crow verb (CRY) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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