Meaning of CAW
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- [n] the sound made by corvine birds
- [v] utter a cry, characteristic of crows, rooks, or ravens
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Caw\ (k[add]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cawed} (k[add]d); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Cawing}.] [Imitative. [root]22 Cf. {Chough}.]
To cry like a crow, rook, or raven.
Rising and cawing at the gun's report. --Shak.
\Caw\, n.
The cry made by the crow, rook, or raven.
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| | Related Terms: | | belch, blare, blat, bray, burr, buzz, cackle, call, carol, chatter, cheep, chirk, chirp, chirr, chirrup, chitter, chuck, clack, clang, clangor, clank, clash, cluck, cock-a-doodle-doo, coo, craunch, croak, cronk, crow, crump, crunch, cuckoo, drum, gabble, gaggle, gobble, grind, groan, growl, grumble, guggle, honk, hoo, hoot, jangle, jar, peep, pip, pipe, quack, rasp, roll, scold, scranch, scrape, scratch, scrunch, sing, snarl, snore, squawk, trill, twang, tweet, twit, twitter, warble, whistle, yawp |
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