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peacock
1[ pee-kok ]
noun
- the male of the peafowl distinguished by its long, erectile, greenish, iridescent tail coverts that are brilliantly marked with ocellated spots and that can be spread in a fan.
- any peafowl.
- a vain, self-conscious person.
- Peacock, Astronomy. the constellation Pavo.
verb (used without object)
- to make a vainglorious display; strut like a peacock.
Peacock
2[ pee-kok ]
noun
- Thomas Love, 1785–1866, English poet and novelist.
peacock
1/ ˈ±è¾±ËËŒ°ìÉ’°ì /
noun
- a male peafowl, having a crested head and a very large fanlike tail marked with blue and green eyelike spots pavonine
- another name for peafowl
- a vain strutting person
verb
- to display (oneself) proudly
- obsolete.to acquire (the best pieces of land) in such a way that the surrounding land is useless to others
Peacock
2/ ˈ±è¾±ËËŒ°ìÉ’°ì /
noun
- PeacockThomas Love17851866MEnglishWRITING: novelistWRITING: poet Thomas Love. 1785–1866, English novelist and poet, noted for his satirical romances, including Headlong Hall (1816) and Nightmare Abbey (1818)
Derived Forms
- ˈ±è±ð²¹ËŒ³ó±ð²Ô, noun:feminine
- ˈ±è±ð²¹ËŒ³¦´Ç³¦°ì¾±²õ³ó, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ±è±ð²¹î€ƒc´Ç³¦°ìe°ù·²â ±è±ð²¹î€ƒc´Ç³¦°ìi²õ³¾ noun
- ±è±ð²¹î€ƒc´Ç³¦°ìi²õ³ó ±è±ð²¹î€ƒc´Ç³¦°ìy adjective
- ±è±ð²¹î€ƒc´Ç³¦°ìi²õ³ó·ly adverb
- ±è±ð²¹î€ƒc´Ç³¦°ìi²õ³ó·ness noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of peacock1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of peacock1
Idioms and Phrases
see proud as a peacock .Example Sentences
He gives the example of going out for a meal in Lagos and how peacocking is so important.
"So I could see how he might be funny about actors who were peacocking themselves," he said.
It's a movie that waves its hands and makes big, peacocking gestures as though it’s saying something, despite not having much more to say than, “Guys still suck.â€
They were drawn to the Altadena foothills for the hummingbirds and the bats and the peacocks.
"People love to keep birds like falcons and peacocks as pets, so why not tigers?" he suggested.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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