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frohlocken — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • crow noun A large black bird with a harsh, cawing call.
  • gloat verb To show obvious, often smug pleasure at your own success or at someone else's failure.

Senses

frohlocken is used for these senses in English:

  • crow (intransitive) To make the shrill sound characteristic of a rooster; to make a sound in this manner, either in gaiety, joy, pleasure, or defiance.
  • gloat To triumph, crow, relish, glory, revel.

crow — full definition

  1. noun A large black bird with a harsh, cawing call.
  2. verb Of a rooster, to make its loud characteristic call, especially at dawn.
  3. verb To boast or express triumphant satisfaction, often annoyingly.

gloat — full definition

  1. verb To show obvious, often smug pleasure at your own success or at someone else's failure.
  2. noun An act of gloating.

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