crow over
Exult loudly about, especially over someone's defeat. For example, In most sports it's considered bad manners to crow over your opponent. This term alludes to the cock's loud crow. [Late 1500s]
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How to use crow over in a sentence
Castle eyed Scattergood venomously, found him a hard man to crow over.
Scattergood Baines | Clarence Budington KellandHe would crow over it; and if we offered a reward, maybe we would get the eggs back.
Lulu, Alice and Jimmie Wibblewobble | Howard R. Garis"Oh, yes, you can crow over me now," she shouted shrilly above the buzz of comment and suggestion.
The Magnetic North | Elizabeth Robins (C. E. Raimond)Even the vindictive Cairns ceased for a time to crow over so abject an adversary in so bitter an hour.
Stingaree | E. W. (Ernest William) HornungThis marks the superiority of the crow over birds it often resembles in its actions.
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