Peacock

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A male peafowl, distinguished by its crested head, brilliant blue or green plumage, and long modified back feathers that are marked with iridescent eyelike spots and that can be spread in a fanlike form.
  • n. A peafowl, either male or female.
  • n. A vain person; a dandy.
  • verb-intransitive. To strut about like a peacock; exhibit oneself vainly.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A male or female pheasant of the two genera: Pavo or Afropavo, whose males have extravagant tails.
  • n. A vainglorious person
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The male of any pheasant of the genus Pavo, of which at least two species are known, native of Southern Asia and the East Indies.
  • n. In common usage, the species in general or collectively; a peafowl.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A bird of the genus Pavo, specifically the male, of which the female is a peahen and the young a pea-chick. See peafowl.
  • To cause to strut or pose and make an exhibition of one's beauty, elegance, or other fine qualifications; hence, to render proud, vain, or haughty; make a display of.
  • To strut about like a peacock, or in a manner indicating vanity: as, she peacocked up and down the terrace.
  • n. [capitalized] In astronomy, the constellation Pavo.
  • To pick the ‘eyes’ out of the land by selecting of buying up the choice pieces and waterfrontages so that the adjoining territory is practically useless to any one else.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot
  • n. male peafowl; having a crested head and very large fanlike tail marked with iridescent eyes or spots
  • Verb Form
    peacocked    peacocking    peacocks   
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    Synonym
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    peafowl   
    Rhyme
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    Leacock   
    Same Context
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    pheasant    swan    pigeon    turkey    goose    parrot    eagle    blackbird    owl    quail