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craw

 (krô)
n.
1. The crop of a bird or insect.
2. The stomach of an animal.
Idiom:
stick in (one's) craw
To cause one to feel abiding discontent and resentment.

[Middle English crawe.]
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craw

(krɔː)
n
1. (Zoology) a less common word for crop6
2. (Zoology) the stomach of an animal
3. stick in one's craw stick in one's throat informal to be difficult, or against one's conscience, for one to accept, utter, or believe
[C14: related to Middle High German krage, Middle Dutch crāghe neck, Icelandic kragi collar]
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craw

(krɔ)

n.
1. the crop of a bird or insect.
2. the stomach of an animal.
Idioms:
stick in one's craw, to cause considerable or abiding resentment; rankle.
[1350–1400; Middle English crawe, probably akin to crag2]
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Craw

Part of a fowl’s gullet.
1001 Words and Phrases You Never Knew You Didn’t Know by W.R. Runyan Copyright © 2011 by W.R. Runyan
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.craw - a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food
stomach, tum, tummy, breadbasket - an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion
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craw

noun
stick in your craw annoy, anger, outrage, offend, irritate, infuriate, incense, enrage, madden, nettle, vex, rile, pique, nark (Brit., Austral., & N.Z. slang), make your blood boil, piss you off (taboo slang), get your dander up (informal), get your back up, put your back up What stuck in his craw was the implication that he was a liar.
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Translations

craw

[krɔː] N to stick in one's craw it really sticks in my craw that she thinksno trago con que ella piense que ...
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After feeding, the uncovered craw protrudes; at such times, and indeed generally, the Carrancha is an inactive, tame, and cowardly bird.
After eating, their uncovered craws are largely protruded, giving them a disgusting appearance.
When I got to camp I warn't feeling very brash, there warn't much sand in my craw; but I says, this ain't no time to be fooling around.
In one of Burns's own poems, The Cotter's Saturday Night, we get some idea of the simple home life these kindly God- fearing peasants led-- "November chill blaws loud wi' angry sugh;* The short'ning winter-day is near a close; The miry bests retreating frae the pleugh; The black'ning trains o' craws to their repose; The toil-worn Cotter Frae his labour goes, This night his weekly moil is at an end, Collects his spades, his mattocks, and his hoes, Hoping the morn in ease and rest to spend, And weary, o'er the moor, his course does hameward bend.
Mrs Craw said the sector must capitalise on the skills and experience in the north-east, built up through the growth offshore oil and gas.
Mr Craw was summoned and told the men to erect a circular girder.
Save your action trailers, like Strike King's Rage Craw or Berkley's Chigger Craw, for later in spring and summer.
Critique: An impressive and compelling read, "Grit In Your Craw" is especially commended to the attention of anyone seeking to become inspired to maximize their personal potential regardless of their current circumstances or condition.
Dorothy Craw project manager at Recyke y'Bike, said: "We are so grateful to Peter and to all the people who have donated bikes since we started.
Lonechild was convicted of drunk driving earlier this year, but what has stuck in the craw of some leaders is his alleged attempts to cover up the charges that were before him - a charge Lonechild has denied.
The way Boyle (right) pontificated about honouring your debts and his "poor wee Well" schtick must have stuck in the craw of the 19 guys he bumped back in 2002 whose contracts have STILL never been honoured.
Birddog is the name given to Blondie, a golden retriever who learnt to fly using her big floppy ears, with the help of her friends Bumble Bee, Swallow and Craw the eagle.