crow

noun10

1. •
   a bird that is black all over, with a strong beak and a rough loud cry

   • Gaslark in his splendour on the golden stairs saying adieu to those three captains and their matchless armament foredoomed to dogs and crows on Salapanta Hills. — 1922
2. •
   The cry or call of a rooster or a cockerel, especially as heard at sunrise.
3. •
   A bar of iron with a beak, crook or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar.

   • He approached the humble tomb in which Antonia reposed. He had provided himself with an iron crow and a pick-axe: but this precaution was unnecessary. — 1796
4. •
   (offensive) An ill-tempered and obstinate woman, or one who otherwise has features resembling the bird; a harpy.

   • But it helps a man along to have a wife he can be proud of. Suppose you marry some old crow. People point at her and ask, 'Who is that death's head yonder?' — 1899
5. •
   (slang, offensive) A black person.
6. •
   (slang) The emblem of an eagle, a sign of military rank.

   • A young petty officer that must have just received his “crow” (a single chevron, with an eagle over it) was showing off to several seamen. — 2002
7. •
   Any of various dark-coloured nymphalid butterflies of the genus Euploea.
8. •
   (historical) A gangplank (corvus) used by the Ancient Roman navy to board enemy ships.
9. •
   The mesentery of an animal.
10. •
    (slang, no longer used) Someone who keeps watch while their associates commit a crime; a lookout.

    • “Ay,” put in a young man, who had the reputation of being the smartest “crow” in London—“‘fishers of men,’ as the parson says.” — 1874

verb4

1. •
   To make the shrill sound characteristic of a rooster; to make a sound in this manner, either in gaiety, joy, pleasure, or defiance.

   • This is the Cock that crowed in the Morn[.] — 1784
2. •
   To shout in exultation or defiance; to brag.

   • He’s been crowing all day about winning the game of cards.
3. •
   To use a crowbar, wedge, or other implement to attempt to open a surface by leveraging force on the opposite end of the tool to pry off the connection between the two surfaces.

   • If you wanna get inside, you're gonna have to crow open that door.
4. •
   To test the reed of a double reed instrument by placing the reed alone in the mouth and blowing it.

adjective1

1. •
   Dark black, the color of a crow; crow-black.

   • "Though her crow hair is lovely and wavy, she loathes it and craves yellow locks. Since she saw Hugh, she's given me no peace.” Sheffield's square , good-looking face shaped a grimace. — 1945

noun1

1. •
   A member of a Native American tribe of southern Montana.

   • He became a captive of a small raiding party of Crow Indians. — 1950