any of several large oscine birds of the genus Corvus, of the family Corvidae, having a long, stout bill, lustrous black plumage, and a wedge-shaped tail, as the common C. brachyrhynchos, of North America.

any of several other birds of the family Corvidae.

any of various similar birds of other families.

( initial capital letter ) Astronomy . the constellation Corvus.

crowbar ( def. 1 ) . ?

as the crow flies

in a straight line; by the most direct route

The next town is thirty miles from here, as the crow flies.

eat crow, Informal . to be forced to admit to having made a mistake

as by retracting an emphatic statement; suffer humiliation

His prediction was completely wrong, and he had to eat crow.

have a crow to pick or pluck with someone

Midland and Southern U.S. to have a reason to disagree or argue with someone.

verb

babble , blow , bluster , boast , cackle , caw , cock-a-doodle-doo , cry , flourish , gas , gloat , glory in , gurgle , jubilate , mouth , prate , puff , rodomontade , squawk , strut , swagger , triumph , vaunt , whoop , brag , gasconade , glory , bird , blackbird , corvine , exult , grapnel , jackdaw , jay , magpie , raven , rook , sound , vapor