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caw

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. cawverb

    the sound made by corvine birds

  2. cawverb

    utter a cry, characteristic of crows, rooks, or ravens

Wiktionary

  1. cawnoun

    The harsh cry of a crow.

  2. cawverb

    Of a crow, to make its cry.

  3. Etymology: Onomatopoeic

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Cawverb

    To cry as the rook, raven, or crow.

    Etymology: taken from the sound.

    Russet-pated choughs, many in sort,
    Rising and cawing at the gun’s report. William Shakespeare.

    There is a walk of aged elms, so very high, that the rooks and crows upon the tops seem to be cawing in another region. Joseph Addison, Spectator, №. 110.

    The rook, who high amid the boughs
    In early spring, his airy city builds,
    And ceaseless caws. James Thomson, Spring.

ChatGPT

  1. caw

    A caw is the harsh, raucous cry or sound made by a crow or similar bird species. It can also be used as a verb to describe the act of making such a sound.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Cawverb

    to cry like a crow, rook, or raven

  2. Cawnoun

    the cry made by the crow, rook, or raven

  3. Etymology: [Imitative. 22 Cf. Chough.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Caw

    kaw, v.i. to cry as a crow.—n. the cry of a crow—also Kaw.—n. Caw′ing. [From the sound.]

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. CAW

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Caw is ranked #92358 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Caw surname appeared 199 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Caw.

    72.8% or 145 total occurrences were White.
    13% or 26 total occurrences were Black.
    5.5% or 11 total occurrences were Asian.
    4.5% or 9 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of caw in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of caw in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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