craw
pronunciation
How to pronounce craw in British English:
UK [krɔ:]
How to pronounce craw in American English:
US [krɔ]
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- Noun:
- a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food
Word Origin
- craw (n.)
- Old English *cræg "throat," from Proto-Germanic *krag- "throat" (cognates: Middle Dutch craghe "neck, throat," Old High German chrago, German Kragen "collar, neck"), of obscure origin.
Example
- 1. Mr. craw , I buy a farm .
- 2. Her constant complaining just sticks in my craw .
- 3. " Mr. craw , snow pretty soon , " tony told me one evening .
- 4. What really sticks in my craw is hearing that odious fellow claim all the credit for himself .
- 5. According to those who have been speaking to the former vice-president , the shift stuck in cheney 's craw .