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crowing

crowing \crowing\ adj. 1. same as bragging.

Syn: boastful, braggart(prenominal), bragging(prenominal), braggy, big, cock-a-hoop, self-aggrandizing, vainglorious.

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crowing

n. A cry of joy or pleasure. vb. (present participle of crow English)

WordNet
crowing
  1. adj. exhibiting self-importance; "big talk" [syn: boastful, braggart(a), bragging(a), braggy, big, cock-a-hoop, self-aggrandizing, self-aggrandising]

  2. n. an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade" [syn: brag, bragging, crow, vaporing, line-shooting, gasconade]

Usage examples of "crowing".

But there was no point in killing them until they started crowing and nailing the pullets and fighting each other.

Welcome to the Crowing Cock,” Evan said pleasantly, and reached out to shake Herm’s hand without any hint of a bow.

They walked away from the Crowing Cock in companionable silence, both of them relaxed from their baths and full bellies.

Herm himself had settled into the common room of the Crowing Cock with a mug of beer, relaxing before the wide hearth, and somehow managing to appear unremarkable.

Domenic followed the smell of fresh bread into the back portion of the Crowing Cock, and found himself in a large, very clean kitchen.

He thought she was going to circle around the Crowing Cock and come in from the front door.

He saw that torches had been set in stanchions around the broad courtyard of the Crowing Cock, and the wagons of the Travelers looked much better in that light than in the glare of day.

He knew the Renunciates had taken two rooms at one end of the corridor, the one next to his, but there were other guests at the Crowing Cock that night.

The inn had only three sleeping rooms in it, and lacked many of the other amenities of the Crowing Cock, including the bathing room.

Sianadh, crowing, lost himself for most of the day in the ship-cavern and the inner storehouse beyond.

Such a crowing would have carried a long distance, had it been blasted forth over fields and farmlands.

It seemed to have little heart for crowing, merely going through the performance out of a sense of obligation.

Yellow glee shone in his eyes, and he grinned as if he were crowing inside.

Nearly in tears, nearly crowing, she adjusted the focus of the Image up to the rampart, to the last catapult.

There were footsteps, voices, axes chopping wood, the ringing of anvils, the neighing of horses, the barking of dogs, the crowing of cocks.