cawed; cawing; caws
: to utter the harsh raucous natural call of the crow or a similar cry
caw
noun
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But the resemblance to orderly Amsterdam ends with the canals, for Gothenburg is much more defined by the wild nature crowding in all around it: the coastline and the craggy islands; the cawing seagulls; the crisp breezes that smell of the open sea.
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Laura Moser, Travel + Leisure, 11 May 2026
Jeering bluejays and cawing crows break the silence, seemingly heckling my unwelcome presence.
—Thomas Cangelosi, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2026
Crater Lake National Park Oregon Climbing the Watchman Peak, part of a 1.7-mile out-and-back trail with panoramic views of Crater Lake, my family stopped to figure out where the long cawing sound was coming from.
—Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 21 May 2025
Mobbing will sound like cawing or angry chirps, distinct from typical birdsong.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 12 Sep. 2024
Additionally, the crows paused before cawing correctly, showing longer reaction times before producing higher totals of vocalizations.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 May 2024
Mikaal Sulaiman’s straightforward sound design gives us crows cawing, children at play, and kyries between scenes.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2024
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Laura Moser, Travel + Leisure, 11 May 2026
Jeering bluejays and cawing crows break the silence, seemingly heckling my unwelcome presence.
—Thomas Cangelosi, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2026
Crater Lake National Park Oregon Climbing the Watchman Peak, part of a 1.7-mile out-and-back trail with panoramic views of Crater Lake, my family stopped to figure out where the long cawing sound was coming from.
—Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 21 May 2025
Mobbing will sound like cawing or angry chirps, distinct from typical birdsong.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 12 Sep. 2024
Additionally, the crows paused before cawing correctly, showing longer reaction times before producing higher totals of vocalizations.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 May 2024
Mikaal Sulaiman’s straightforward sound design gives us crows cawing, children at play, and kyries between scenes.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2024
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“Caw.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/caw. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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