caw as a noun: - 1
as a verb: - 1
caw
noun
1 caw
The sound made by corvine birds.
Dutch: gekras
verb
1 caw
Utter a cry, characteristic of crows, rooks, or ravens.
Roget 412:
cry,
roar,
bellow,
blare,
rebellow†;
growl,
snarl.
[specific animal sounds]
bark
[dog, seal];
bow-wow,
yelp
[dog];
bay,
bay at the moon
[dog, wolf];
yap,
yip,
yipe,
growl,
yarr†,
yawl,
snarl,
howl
[dog, wolf];
grunt,
gruntle†;
snort
[pig, hog, swine, horse];
squeak,
[swine, mouse];
neigh,
whinny
[horse];
bray
[donkey, mule, hinny, ass];
mew,
mewl
[kitten];
meow
[cat];
purr
[cat];
caterwaul,
pule
[cats];
baa†,
bleat
[lamb];
low,
moo
[cow, cattle];
troat†,
croak,
peep
[frog];
coo
[dove, pigeon];
gobble
[turkeys];
quack
[duck];
honk,
gaggle,
guggle
[goose];
crow,
caw,
squawk,
screech,
[crow];
cackle,
cluck,
clack
[hen, rooster, poultry];
chuck,
chuckle;
hoot,
hoo
[owl];
chirp,
cheep,
chirrup,
twitter,
cuckoo,
warble,
trill,
tweet,
pipe,
whistle
[small birds];
hum
[insects, hummingbird];
buzz
[flying insects, bugs];
hiss
[snakes, geese];
blatter†;
ratatat
[woodpecker].
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Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.
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