caw

Noun (1)

caw (plural caws)

1. The harsh cry of a crow.

Verb

caw (third-person singular simple present caws, present participle cawing, simple past and past participle cawed)

1. To make the harsh cry of a crow, rook, or raven.
   • Rising and cawing at the gun's report.c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First...

Interjection

1. A rendering of the vocalisation of a crow or other corvid.
   • "Amen," said M., in a grave and solemn tone. "Caw," croaked the jackdaw immediately, and with such a sonorous effect, that it disturbed our pious mien and upset our gravity.1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 36

Proper noun capitalized: CAW

CAW

1. (Canada, abbreviation, initialism, labour) Initialism of Canadian Auto Workers, a former trade union, one of the predecessors of Unifor.

Noun (2) capitalized: CAW

CAW (uncountable)

1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of carbon arc welding.