caw
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
caw (plural caws)
- The harsh cry of a crow.
- French: croassement
- German: Gekrächze, Krächzen
- Italian: gracchio
- Portuguese: grasnido, grasnado, grasnada, grasno
- Russian: ка́рканье
- Spanish: graznido
caw (caws, present participle cawing; past and past participle cawed)
- To make the harsh cry of a crow, rook, or raven.
- c. 1595–1596, William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act III, scene ii]:
- Rising and cawing at the gun's report.
- French: croasser
- German: krächzen
- Italian: gracchiare
- Portuguese: grasnir, grasnar
- Russian: ка́ркать
- Spanish: graznar
- Russian: кар
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