(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
A ~ is a large black bird which makes a loud, harsh noise.
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2.
When a cock ~s, it makes a loud sound, often early in the morning.
The cock ~s and the dawn chorus begins.
VERB: V
3.
If you say that someone is ~ing about something they have achieved or are pleased about, you disapprove of them because they keep telling people proudly about it. (INFORMAL)
Edwards is already ~ing about his assured victory...
We’ve seen them all ~ing that the movement is dead.
= boast
VERB: V about/over n, V that disapproval
4.
If you say that a place is a particular distance away as the ~ flies, you mean that it is that distance away measured in a straight line.
I live at Mesa, Washington, about 10 miles as the ~ flies from Hanford.
PHRASE: oft amount PHR