Crowing
[krəuɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crow
Editor: Winthrop
Examples
- She rose and held up the child kicking and crowing in her arMs. Do you know who this is, Walter? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- She gave a queer little crowing sound of triumph. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I woke for good long before it was light and heard roosters crowing and stayed on awake until it began to be light. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- And here, crowing fearfully, with his eyes starting out of his head, appeared to be contending with every mortal disease incidental to poultry. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Typist: Preston