The Collaborative International Dictionary
Crow \Crow\ (kr[=o]), v. i. [imp. Crew (kr[udd]) or Crowed (kr[=o]d); p. p. Crowed ( Crown (kr[=o]n), Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Crowing.] [AS. cr[=a]wan; akin to D. kraijen, G. kr[aum]hen, cf. Lith. groti to croak. [root]24. Cf. Crake.]
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To make the shrill sound characteristic of a cock, either in joy, gayety, or defiance. ``The cock had crown.''
--Bayron.The morning cock crew loud.
--Shak. To shout in exultation or defiance; to brag.
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To utter a sound expressive of joy or pleasure.
The sweetest little maid, That ever crowed for kisses.
--Tennyson.To crow over, to exult over a vanquished antagonist.
Sennacherib crowing over poor Jerusalem.
--Bp. Hall.
Usage examples of "to crow over".
The present was really an unwilled invitation to accept a very dull future in which one second was the same as another, as symbolized by the minimal metamorphosis from number to number, in which the achievement of a minute and later an hour was, so muted was the change, nothing for the instrument to crow over.
There was no point in letting Noli know what had happened, so I repressed the temptation to crow over him.
It's so mean to crow over people when they are down, and I'm sure he hasn't done anything to be ashamed of, though he won't tell.