Mike's been strutting around proud as a peacock since he won that award.
•I sometimes think Elizabeth must spend all day admiring herself in a mirror. She's as vain as a peacock.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
peacock — [pē′käk΄] n. pl. peacocks or peacock [ME pacok < pa, peacock (< OE pea < early WGmc borrowing < L pavo, peacock, ? akin to Gr taōs, ? of Asian orig.) + cok,COCK1] 1. a) any male peafowl, esp., one of a species (Pavo cristatus) with a… … English World dictionary
peacock — peacockery, peacockism, n. peacockish, peacocky, adj. peacockishly, adv. peacockishness, n. /pee kok /, n., pl. peacocks, (esp. collectively) peacock. v. n. 1. the male of the peafowl distinguished by its long, erectile, greenish, iridescent tail … Universalium
peacock — /ˈpikɒk / (say peekok) noun (plural peacocks, peacock) 1. the male of the peafowl, especially of the common peafowl, Pavo cristatus, native to India but now widely domesticated, distinguished for its long, erectile, ocellated tail coverts with… …
peacock — pea•cock [[t]ˈpiˌkɒk[/t]] n. pl. cocks, (esp. collectively) cock, 1) orn the male of the peafowl, distinguished by its long, erectile, iridescent tail feathers that are marked with eyelike spots and can be spread in a fan 2) orn any peafowl 3) a… … From formal English to slang
peacock — Occasionally used in former times to a person of either sex acting in an ostentatiously vain way, strutting about in a manner similar to that of the bird itself. ‘Thou wagtail, peacock, puppy’ says Belleur to Rosalure, in Ben Jonson’s The Wild … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
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vanity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Excessive pride Nouns 1. vanity, conceit, conceitedness; immodesty, self esteem, self love, self praise; complacency, smugness, amour propre, hubris; ego trip. See boasting, selfishness. 2. [false] pride … English dictionary for students
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