crowing

Verb (1)

crow (third-person singular simple present crows, present participle crowing, simple past and past participle crowed)

1. 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.

   Synonyms:

   prise / prize, pry

Verb (2)

crow (third-person singular simple present crows, present participle crowing, simple past crowed or (UK) crew, past participle crowed or (UK) crew or (archaic) crown)

1. (intransitive) To make the shrill sound characteristic of a rooster; to make a sound in this manner, either in gaiety, joy, pleasure, or defiance.
   • Yet once me thought it [the ghost of Hamlet's father] was about to ſpeake, / And lifted vp his head to motion, / Like as he would ſpeake, but euen the / The morning cocke crew lowd, and in all haſte / It ſhrunke in haſte away, and vaniſhed / Our ſight.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shake-speare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (First Quarto), London: […] [Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and Iohn Trundell...
2. (intransitive) To shout in exultation or defiance; to brag.
   • He’s been crowing all day about winning the game of cards.
3. (intransitive) To test the reed of a double reed instrument by placing the reed alone in the mouth and blowing it.

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