Peacock
noun
A type of bird with large, colorful feathers that it can spread out like a fan.
The peacock spread its feathers out in a beautiful display.
Often appears as...
- peacock feathers
- male peacock
noun
A vain or self-centered person who likes to show off.
He was a real peacock, always showing off his latest purchases.
Often appears as...
- act like a peacock
- peacock around
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A type of bird with large, colorful feathers that it can spread out like a fan.
The peacock spread its feathers out in a beautiful display.
Often appears as...
- peacock feathers
- male peacock
noun
A vain or self-centered person who likes to show off.
He was a real peacock, always showing off his latest purchases.
Often appears as...
- act like a peacock
- peacock around
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Gender Specific
The term 'peacock' refers specifically to the male bird; females are called peahens.
Only male peacocks have the bright feathers they're known for.
Pro Tip 2/3Mating Display
Peacocks fan out their feathers as a courtship display to attract peahens.
In mating season, you'll see peacocks showing off their plumage.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Symbol
Peacocks symbolize beauty, pride, and luxury in various cultures.
The peacock motifs in the palace were symbols of royal elegance.
Pro Tip 1/3Gender Specific
The term 'peacock' refers specifically to the male bird; females are called peahens.
Only male peacocks have the bright feathers they're known for.
Pro Tip 2/3Mating Display
Peacocks fan out their feathers as a courtship display to attract peahens.
In mating season, you'll see peacocks showing off their plumage.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Symbol
Peacocks symbolize beauty, pride, and luxury in various cultures.
The peacock motifs in the palace were symbols of royal elegance.
Pro Tip 1/3Gender Specific
The term 'peacock' refers specifically to the male bird; females are called peahens.
Only male peacocks have the bright feathers they're known for.
Pro Tip 2/3Mating Display
Peacocks fan out their feathers as a courtship display to attract peahens.
In mating season, you'll see peacocks showing off their plumage.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Symbol
Peacocks symbolize beauty, pride, and luxury in various cultures.
The peacock motifs in the palace were symbols of royal elegance.
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Video examples
How did feathers evolve?...
with its forest backdrop. An ostrich stretches its wings over its nest to shade its young. A peacock displays its magnificent tail feathers to attract peahens. Feathers could have served these functions for dinosaurs too. Exactly how feathered dinosaurs took flight is still a bit of a mystery.
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How social media can...
and this is what changed this thing that looks like a peacock hit a windscreen is built cheswick's map of the internet he traces the edges of the individual networks and then color codes them the internet is the first medium in history that has native support for groups and
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Safari Live - Day 276 PIPE...
on the ground I'm sure you've seen how the ground there very majestic when they walk and the feathers how they stick out behind their heads and he said that tail feather there it is very unique it doesn't remind me the peacock because when she got her wings out she doesn't
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Clay Shirky: How...
And this is what changed. This thing that looks like a peacock hit a windscreen is Bill Cheswick's map of the Internet. He traces the edges of the individual networks and then color codes them. The Internet is the first medium in history that has native support for groups
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12 sustainable design...
Which is an amazing fossil fuel savings, if we were to just put that on the edge of a wing. Color without this peacock is creating color with shape. Light comes through, it bounces back off the layers; it's called thin-film interference. Imagine being able
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Eye Spy PIPE National...
themselves can see much more including infrared and ultraviolet dinosaurs are after all just one branch of a long line of colorful creatures scientists had discovered that some birds like the flashy peacock have a secret lair to
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Mysterious, Ancient...
destroyed and at this point in time we don't want to put holes in in our important documents we're showing it now in the unexpected setting of whistlers peacock room because that's how Charles freer showed it when it was in his
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Boogie at an Animal...
They're not like a peacock where you have the boys display and the females go, maybe you, not sure, they all do it at the same time. But putting yourself out there doesn't always go according to plan. Timing is everything.
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How your brain decides...
Instead of a fitness indicator, scientists invoke a handicap principle. The most commonly cited example of a handicap is the peacock's tail. This beautiful but cumbersome tail doesn't exactly help the peacock
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East vs west -- the...
and his brother, the athletic warlord of the gods, Kartikeya. The two brothers one day decided to go on a race, three times around the world. Kartikeya leapt on his peacock and flew around the continents
Video examples
How did feathers evolve?...
with its forest backdrop. An ostrich stretches its wings over its nest to shade its young. A peacock displays its magnificent tail feathers to attract peahens. Feathers could have served these functions for dinosaurs too. Exactly how feathered dinosaurs took flight is still a bit of a mystery.
Video examples
How social media can...
and this is what changed this thing that looks like a peacock hit a windscreen is built cheswick's map of the internet he traces the edges of the individual networks and then color codes them the internet is the first medium in history that has native support for groups and
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 276 PIPE...
on the ground I'm sure you've seen how the ground there very majestic when they walk and the feathers how they stick out behind their heads and he said that tail feather there it is very unique it doesn't remind me the peacock because when she got her wings out she doesn't
Video examples
Clay Shirky: How...
And this is what changed. This thing that looks like a peacock hit a windscreen is Bill Cheswick's map of the Internet. He traces the edges of the individual networks and then color codes them. The Internet is the first medium in history that has native support for groups
Video examples
12 sustainable design...
Which is an amazing fossil fuel savings, if we were to just put that on the edge of a wing. Color without this peacock is creating color with shape. Light comes through, it bounces back off the layers; it's called thin-film interference. Imagine being able
Video examples
Eye Spy PIPE National...
themselves can see much more including infrared and ultraviolet dinosaurs are after all just one branch of a long line of colorful creatures scientists had discovered that some birds like the flashy peacock have a secret lair to
Video examples
Mysterious, Ancient...
destroyed and at this point in time we don't want to put holes in in our important documents we're showing it now in the unexpected setting of whistlers peacock room because that's how Charles freer showed it when it was in his
Video examples
Boogie at an Animal...
They're not like a peacock where you have the boys display and the females go, maybe you, not sure, they all do it at the same time. But putting yourself out there doesn't always go according to plan. Timing is everything.
Video examples
How your brain decides...
Instead of a fitness indicator, scientists invoke a handicap principle. The most commonly cited example of a handicap is the peacock's tail. This beautiful but cumbersome tail doesn't exactly help the peacock
Video examples
East vs west -- the...
and his brother, the athletic warlord of the gods, Kartikeya. The two brothers one day decided to go on a race, three times around the world. Kartikeya leapt on his peacock and flew around the continents
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Quote examples
Pope Francis
Argentinian Clergyman
An example I often use to illustrate the reality of vanity, is this: look at the peacock; it's beautiful if you look at it from the front. But if you look at it from behind, you discover the truth... Whoever gives in to such self-absorbed vanity has huge misery hiding inside them.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Austrian Musician
Just as people behave to me, so do I behave to them. When I see that a person despises me and treats me with contempt, I can be as proud as any peacock.
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John Ruskin
English Writer
Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies for instance.
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Raveena Tandon
Indian Actress
The purpose of an actress is not to just look beautiful and strut around like a peacock but act, too.
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RJ Barrett
Canadian Athlete
Whenever I can put a fresh, clean suit on, I'm like a peacock. That's my most confident moment.
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Van Wyck Brooks
American Critic
Genius and virtue are to be more often found clothed in gray than in peacock bright.
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Bidzina Ivanishvili
Georgian Businessman
There are eight different breeds of peacock. I have them all.
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Matthew Williamson
British Designer
My design philosophy is to make women feel like peacocks.
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Oscar Wilde
Irish Poet
She is a peacock in everything but beauty.
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Rex Orange County
English Musician
I'm afraid of peacocks.
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Pope Francis
Argentinian Clergyman
An example I often use to illustrate the reality of vanity, is this: look at the peacock; it's beautiful if you look at it from the front. But if you look at it from behind, you discover the truth... Whoever gives in to such self-absorbed vanity has huge misery hiding inside them.
Quote examples
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Austrian Musician
Just as people behave to me, so do I behave to them. When I see that a person despises me and treats me with contempt, I can be as proud as any peacock.
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John Ruskin
English Writer
Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies for instance.
Quote examples
Raveena Tandon
Indian Actress
The purpose of an actress is not to just look beautiful and strut around like a peacock but act, too.
Quote examples
RJ Barrett
Canadian Athlete
Whenever I can put a fresh, clean suit on, I'm like a peacock. That's my most confident moment.
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Van Wyck Brooks
American Critic
Genius and virtue are to be more often found clothed in gray than in peacock bright.
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Bidzina Ivanishvili
Georgian Businessman
There are eight different breeds of peacock. I have them all.
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Matthew Williamson
British Designer
My design philosophy is to make women feel like peacocks.
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Oscar Wilde
Irish Poet
She is a peacock in everything but beauty.
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Rex Orange County
English Musician
I'm afraid of peacocks.
Example 1 of 10
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