crow

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun Any of several large glossy black birds of the genus Corvus, having a characteristic raucous call, especially C. brachyrhynchos of North America.
• noun A crowbar.
• idiom (as the crow flies) In a straight line.
• intransitive verb To utter the shrill cry characteristic of a rooster.
• intransitive verb To exult over an accomplishment or piece of good fortune; boast. synonym: boast.
• intransitive verb To make a sound expressive of pleasure or well-being, characteristic of an infant.
• noun The shrill cry of a rooster.
• noun An inarticulate sound expressive of pleasure or delight.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun In the West Indies, particularly in Jamaica, the black vulture, Catharista atrata.
• noun The characteristic cry of the cock: sometimes applied to a similar cry of some other bird.
• To cry as a cock; utter the characteristic cry of a cock.
• To boast in triumph; vaunt; vapor; swagger: absolutely, or with over or about.
• To utter a shouting sound expressive of pleasure, as an infant.
• To announce by crowing.
• noun A general name including most birds of the genus Corrus and of the family Corvidæ; especially, one of the Corvinæ. See these three words.
• noun A name of several birds of other families. See the phrases below.
• noun The constellation Corvus.
• noun The mesentery or ruffle of a beast: so called by butchers.
• noun One who watches or stands guard while another commits a theft; a confederate in a robbery.
• noun A crowbar.
• noun A device for holding a gas- or water-main in position while it is tapped for a service-pipe.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun (Zoöl.) A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles. It has a harsh, croaking note. See Caw.
• noun A bar of iron with a beak, crook, or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar.
• noun The cry of the cock. See Crow, v. i., 1.
• noun The mesentery of a beast; -- so called by butchers.
• noun See under Carrion.
• noun (Zoöl.) an American bird (Quiscalus quiscula); -- called also purple grackle.
• noun (Zoöl.) an Indian cuckoo; the common coucal. It is believed by the natives to give omens. See Coucal.
• noun (Zoöl.) any bird of the genera Gymnorhina, Craticus, or Strepera, mostly from Australia.
• noun See Crough.
• noun in a direct line.
• noun to state and adjust a difference or grievance (with any one).
• intransitive verb To make the shrill sound characteristic of a cock, either in joy, gayety, or defiance.
• intransitive verb To shout in exultation or defiance; to brag.
• intransitive verb To utter a sound expressive of joy or pleasure.
• intransitive verb to exult over a vanquished antagonist.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles; it has a harsh, croaking call.
• noun A bar of iron with a beak, crook, or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar.
• noun The cry of the rooster.
• verb To make the shrill sound characteristic of a rooster; to make a sound in this manner, either in joy, gaiety, or defiance.
• verb To shout in exultation or defiance; to brag.
• verb To utter a sound expressive of joy or pleasure.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun the cry of a cock (or an imitation of it)
• verb utter shrill sounds
• noun a small quadrilateral constellation in the southern hemisphere near Virgo
• verb dwell on with satisfaction
• verb express pleasure verbally
• noun a Siouan language spoken by the Crow
• noun a member of the Siouan people formerly living in eastern Montana