Usually means: Colorful bird with extravagant tail.
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General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. peacock: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. Peacock, peacock: Merriam-Webster
  3. peacock: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. peacock: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. peacock: Collins English Dictionary
  6. peacock: Vocabulary.com
  7. Peacock, peacock: Wordnik
  8. peacock: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Peacock, peacock: Wiktionary
  10. peacock: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. peacock: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. peacock: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Peacock, peacock: Dictionary.com
  14. peacock: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. peacock: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Peacock (Hindu mythology), Peacock (disambiguation), Peacock (narrowboat), Peacock (song), Peacock (streaming service), Peacock: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Peacock: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. peacock: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. peacock: Rhymezone
  20. peacock: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. peacock: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. Peacock: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  23. peacock: FreeDictionary.org
  24. peacock: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. Peacock: TheFreeDictionary.com
  26. peacock: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Peacock: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. peacock: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. peacock: Idioms

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Peacock: Easton Bible

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Agate Lexicon (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. peacock, peacock: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. The Peacock, peacock: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See peacocking as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A male peafowl, especially Pavo cristatus, notable for its brilliant iridescently ocellated tail.
noun:  A peafowl (of the genus Pavo or Afropavo), either male or female.
noun:  A pompous or vainglorious person [from the 14th c.].
noun:  (entomology) Any of various Asian species of papilionid butterflies of the genus Papilio.
verb:  (intransitive) To strut about proudly or haughtily.
verb:  (intransitive) To engage in peacocking, ostentatious dress or behaviour to impress women.
noun:  A surname transferred from the nickname.
noun:  A township in Lake County, Michigan, United States.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Stonewall County, Texas, United States.

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