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English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k???/
• (US) enPR: kr?, IPA^(key): /k?o?/
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

From Middle English crowe, from Old English cr?we, from Proto-Germanic *kr?w? (compare West Frisian krie, Dutch kraai, German Krähe), from *kr?han? ‘to crow’. See below.

Noun

crow (plural crows)

1. A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles; it has a harsh, croaking call.
2. The cry of the rooster.

   Synonym: cock-a-doodle-doo

3. Any of various dark-coloured nymphalid butterflies of the genus Euploea.
4. A bar of iron with a beak, crook, or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar.

   Synonym: crowbar

5. (historical) A gangplank (corvus) used by the Ancient Roman navy to board enemy ships.
6. (among butchers) The mesentery of an animal.
7. (ethnic slur, offensive, slang) A black person.
8. (military, slang) The emblem of an eagle, a sign of military rank.
   • 2002, Ed Goodrich, Riggers that Dive (page 46)

     A young petty officer that must have just received his “crow” (a single chevron, with an eagle over it) was showing off to several seamen.

   • 2003, Jonathan T. Malay, Seraphim Sky (page 106)

     The young man had been threatened with loss of his third class rank, his “crow,” the eagle in a petty officer's sleeve insignia.

Derived terms

Related terms

• crow eater
• eat crow

Translations

See also

• caw
• murder of crows (“flock of crows”)
• raven

Further reading

• Corvus (boarding device) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Middle English crowen, from Old English cr?wan (past tense cr?ow, past participle cr?wen), from Proto-Germanic *kr?an?, from imitative Proto-Indo-European *gerH- (“to cry hoarsely”).

Compare Dutch kraaien, German krähen, Lithuanian gróti, Russian ??????? (grájat?)). Related to croak.

Verb

crow (third-person singular simple present crows, present participle crowing, simple past crowed or (UK) crew, past participle crowed or (archaic) crown)

1. (intransitive) To make the shrill sound characteristic of a rooster; to make a sound in this manner, either in gaiety, joy, pleasure, or defiance.
2. (intransitive) To shout in exultation or defiance; to brag.
3. (intransitive, music) To test the reed of a double reed instrument by placing the reed alone in the mouth and blowing it.

Usage notes

The past tense crew in modern usage is confined to literary and metaphorical uses, usually with reference to the story of Peter in Luke 22.60. The past participle crown is similarly poetical.

Translations

• Tashelhiyt: uddn,sqiqqiy

References

Further reading

• crow on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Worc

Middle English

Noun

crow

1. Alternative form of crowe

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t??k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /t?k/
  • (w:cot–caught merger, w:northern cities vowel shift) IPA^(key): /t?k/, /tä?k/
• (General Australian, General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /to?k/
• Rhymes: -??k
• Homophones: torc, torq, torque (non-rhotic accents only), tock (in accents with the cot-caught merger)

Etymology 1

From Middle English talken, talkien, from Old English tealcian (“to talk, chat”), from Proto-Germanic *talk?n? (“to talk, chatter”), frequentative form of Proto-Germanic *tal?n? (“to count, recount, tell”), from Proto-Indo-European *dol-, *del- (“to aim, calculate, adjust, count”), equivalent to tell +? -k. Cognate with Scots talk (“to talk”), Low German taalken (“to talk”). Related also to Danish tale (“to talk, speak”), Swedish tala (“to talk, speak, say, chatter”), Icelandic tala (“to talk”), Old English talian (“to count, calculate, reckon, account, consider, think, esteem, value; argue; tell, relate; impute, assign”). More at tale. Despite the surface similarity, unrelated to Proto-Indo-European *telk?- (“to talk”), which is the source of loquacious.

Alternative forms

• taulke (obsolete)

Verb

talk (third-person singular simple present talks, present participle talking, simple past and past participle talked)

1. (intransitive) To communicate, usually by means of speech.
   • 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)

     Let’s go to my office and talk. ? I like to talk with you, Ms. Weaver.

2. (transitive, informal) To discuss; to talk about.

3. (transitive) To speak (a certain language).

4. (transitive, informal, chiefly used in progressive tenses) Used to emphasise the importance, size, complexity etc. of the thing mentioned.

5. (intransitive, slang) To confess, especially implicating others.

6. (intransitive) To criticize someone for something of which one is guilty oneself.

7. (intransitive) To gossip; to create scandal.

8. (informal, chiefly used in progressive tenses) To influence someone to express something, especially a particular stance or viewpoint or in a particular manner.

Conjugation

See also: talkest, talketh

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:talk

Coordinate terms

• listen

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English talk, talke (“conversation; discourse”), from the verb (see above).

Noun

talk (countable and uncountable, plural talks)

1. A conversation or discussion; usually serious, but informal.

2. A lecture.

3. (uncountable) Gossip; rumour.

4. (preceded by the; often qualified by a following of) A major topic of social discussion.

6. (preceded by the) A customary conversation by parent(s) or guardian(s) with their (often teenaged) child about a reality of life; in particular:
   1. A customary conversation in which parent(s) explain sexual intercourse to their child.

      Have you had the talk with Jay yet?

   2. (US) A customary conversation in which the parent(s) of a black child explain the racism and violence they may face, especially when interacting with police, and strategies to manage it.
      • 2012, Crystal McCrary, Inspiration: Profiles of Black Women Changing Our World ?ISBN:

        Later, I made sure to have the talk with my son about being a black boy, […]

      • 2016, Jim Wallis, America's Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge ?ISBN:

        The Talk
        All the black parents I have ever spoken to have had “the talk” with their sons and daughters. “The talk” is a conversation about how to behave and not to behave with police.

      • 2016, Stuart Scott, Larry Platt, Every Day I Fight ?ISBN, page 36:

        Now, I was a black man in the South, and my folks had had “the talk” with me. No, not the one about the birds and bees. This one is about the black man and the police.

7. (uncountable, not preceded by an article) Empty boasting, promises or claims.

8. (usually in the plural) Meeting to discuss a particular matter.

   The leaders of the G8 nations are currently in talks over nuclear weapons.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:talk
• (meeting): conference, debate, discussion, meeting

Derived terms

Translations

Related terms

Pages starting with “talk”.

Danish

Etymology

Via French talc or German Talk, from Persian ???? (talq).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /talk/, [t?al???]

Noun

talk c (singular definite talken, not used in plural form)

1. talc (a soft, fine-grained mineral used in talcum powder)

Related terms

• talkum

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

talk m (uncountable)

1. talc (soft, fine-grained mineral used in talcum powder)

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch talch, from Old Dutch *talg, from Proto-Germanic *talgaz. More at English tallow.

Noun

talk c (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of talg (“tallow”)

Anagrams

• kalt

Polish

Noun

talk m inan

1. talc (a soft, fine-grained mineral used in talcum powder)

Declension

Swedish

Noun

talk c

1. talc (a soft, fine-grained mineral used in talcum powder)

Declension