Caw

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Caw \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.
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           Rising and cawing at the gun's report.   --Shak.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Caw \Caw\, n.
     The cry made by the crow, rook, or raven.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  caw
       n : the sound made by corvine birds
       v : utter a cry, characteristic of crows, rooks, or ravens

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  69 Moby Thesaurus words for "caw":
     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