Hypertext Webster Gateway: "crowing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Crow \Crow\ (kr?), v. i. [imp. {Crew} (kr?) or {Crowed} (kr?d);
p. p. {Crowed} ({Crown} (kr?n), Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n.
{Crowing}.] [AS. cr?wan; akin to D. kraijen, G. kr?hen, cf.
Lith. groti to croak. [root]24. Cf. {Crake}.]
1. 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.
2. To shout in exultation or defiance; to brag.
3. 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
crowing
adj : exhibiting self-importance; "big talk" [syn: {boastful}, {braggart(a)},
{bragging(a)}, {braggy}, {big}, {cock-a-hoop}, {self-aggrandizing},
{self-aggrandising}]
n : an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his
fight" [syn: {brag}, {bragging}, {crow}, {vaporing}, {line-shooting}]
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