cock-crow

  • 41cock — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ fighting COCK + VERB ▪ crow ▪ The cock crowed at dawn. COCK + NOUN ▪ fight …

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  • 42cock-a-doodle-doo — /ˌkɒk ə dudl ˈdu/ (say .kok uh doohdl dooh) noun (plural cock a doodle doos) 1. the sound of the crowing of a cock. –verb (i) (cock a doodle dooed, cock a doodle dooing) 2. to crow …

  • 43crow — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ black ▪ carrion … OF CROWS ▪ flock CROW + VERB ▪ fly …

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  • 44cock-a-doodle-doo — noun an imitation of the crow of a cock • Hypernyms: ↑crow …

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  • 45cock — see every cock will crow upon his own dunghill there’s many a good cock come out of a tattered bag the robin and the wren are God’s cock and hen; the martin and the swallow are God’s mate and marrow …

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  • 46crow — 1. noun /kɹəʊ,kroʊ/ a) A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles; it has a harsh, croaking call. Gaslark in his splendour on the golden stairs saying adieu to those three captains and their …

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  • 47crow — Synonyms and related words: Homeric laughter, aphonia, artificial voice, bar, bark, bawl, be in stitches, beam, bellow, belly laugh, blare, blat, blow, blubber, bluster, boff, boffola, boom, brag, bray, break up, breathe, broken speech, broken… …

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  • 48crow — noun see on the first of March, the crows begin to search hawks will not pick out hawks’ eyes one for the mouse, one for the crow, one to rot, one to grow verb see every cock will crow upon his own dunghill a …

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  • 49crow — [krəʊ] noun [C] I a large black bird that makes a loud sound II verb [I] crow [krəʊ] 1) if a COCK (= male chicken) crows, it makes a loud high noise 2) to talk very proudly about something that you have done Syn: boast …

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  • 50crow — verb 1) a cock crowed Syn: cry, squawk, screech, caw, call 2) crowing about your success Syn: boast, brag, trumpet, swagger, swank, gloat, show off …

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