caw

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Noun
  • Fonta Flora Brewery-Whippoorwill Farm Nebo, North Carolina Less than one mile as the crow files from Lake James State Park, Fonta Flora makes full use of the former dairy farm on which it’s situated.
    Kate Bernot, Outside, 29 Aug. 2025
  • On board, 7,083 square feet of outdoor deck space includes a top-of-the-world crow’s nest and an extensive lower deck swim platform.
    Kathleen Turner, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • This caused crews to declare an emergency squawk 7700 — an international distress code.
    Colson Thayer, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • The animals use complex clicks, squawks and whistles to call out to each other, fight and attract a mate.
    Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Once upon a time the screech of the dial-up sound signaled our entry into a new realm in the form of the Internet.
    Michael Ashley, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • People chatter, kids laugh, seagulls screech and birds chirp.
    Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Today’s Wordle Etymology The word chirp comes from Middle English chirpen (also spelled chirpyn), which was an imitative verb formed to mimic the short, sharp sounds of small birds or insects.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Traffic caused a low hum alongside the chirp of a bird or the chitter of cicadas.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 6 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Here’s something for Hallmark fans to cluck about: the channel has set the return date for The Chicken Sisters.
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 26 June 2025
  • The only non-aquatic industries are a nearby watermelon farm and the occasional cluck and snuffle of chickens and pigs.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • The second-floor guest bedroom is accompanied by a contemporary marble bathroom, and the third floor is taken up by the primary suite, which encompasses a sizable dark-blue bedroom plus a separate sitting room/office with windows overlooking the mews.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 6 May 2025
Noun
  • Aaron Spencer was jolted awake by the frantic barks of his daughter’s chihuahua.
    Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Just be sure to keep mulch lines a few inches away from tree trunks, as mulch placed directly against a tree’s bark increases the risk of pest and rot issues.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • As evening falls, the clink of pints and bursts of cackles spill from Pat Collins Pub—where locals swap stories to the rhythm of fiddle tunes beneath an Irish twilight.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
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“Caw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caw. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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