caw

noun

Definition of cawnext
as in crow

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Recent Examples of caw Sweet tweets, soft moans, the distant caw of a shore bird piloting toward the sea, spirited and hopeful, daylight already breaking through. — Literary Hub, 13 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for caw
  1. crow
  2. squawk
  3. screech
  4. chirp
  5. cluck
  6. mew
  7. bark
  8. cackle
Noun
  • Extensive clinical and user trials have found that the topical helps skin appear smoother, cuts back on fine lines and wrinkles like crow’s feet, alleviates redness, and doesn’t clog pores all the while.
    — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 14 July 2026
  • As its name suggests, the product is formulated with skin care superstar retinol to smooth fine lines and crow’s feet and brighten dark circles.
    — Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 7 July 2026
Definition of crow
Noun
  • Air traffic control at Heathrow cleared the flight for a priority return after the pilots issued a squawk 7700 — the code for a general emergency.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 12 June 2026
  • He was missed — especially vocally — since Gill’s angelic voice does not, in any way shape or form, resemble Walsh’s charmingly out-of-pitch squawk-talk style.
    — Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 25 Jan. 2026
Definition of squawk
Noun
  • Equally notable throughout the game was the angry screech, reserved for whenever the Czech Republic players had the ball — or worse — were given a free kick.
    — Jack Lang, New York Times, 26 June 2026
  • Guests range from ordinary commuters to figures like Cate Blanchett and Julian Casablancas, all subject to the same fluorescent lighting and ambient subway screech.
    — Arushi Jacob, Variety, 19 June 2026
Definition of screech
Noun
  • What started as a creative chirp is now stitched into the vernacular—less insult, more itinerary, as the shift from the rink to the links has become engrained as hockey’s preferred therapy.
    — Mike Dojc, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Then, sit back and listen to the sweet chirp of birds, watch the butterflies, and enjoy the fragrances from your beautiful container garden.
    — Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2026
Definition of chirp
Noun
  • In Threes, builds its sentences from splats, crashes, clucks, clinks, whooshes, and thuds.
    — Shaad D’Souza, Pitchfork, 20 Apr. 2026
  • On a recent Saturday, visitors swelter under the sun in a long line stretching into the dirt parking lot and swap rumors as passing chickens cluck at their ankles.
    — Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 18 Apr. 2026
Definition of cluck
Noun
  • The picture, showing Prince Andrew with his arm around Virginia Giuffre (then Roberts) at what was said to be Ghislaine Maxwell’s mews house in London, has dogged Andrew ever since it was first published.
    — Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Social media has greatly intensified this process; peep a scene like phonk, which devolved from ‘90s Memphis rap homage to a sewage stream of electronic beats to lift weights and mew to.
    — Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 4 June 2025
Definition of mew
Noun
  • During this stage, the ribs will develop color, bark, and smoke flavor.
    — Staff, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
  • Simply apply 1 to 2 inches of natural mulch, like bark mulch, over the roots of your plants to lock in soil moisture and keep the mulch line at least 1 inch away from the plant's stems.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 July 2026
Definition of bark
Noun
  • Bill Gates and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman cackle as Capitol police drag the man away.
    — Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 10 June 2026
  • When Pirog played a flashy line, which was often, Vile let out a cackle, an impish, cowpoke whoopee ti-yi-yo.
    — Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
Definition of cackle

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