kaw
/kɔː/
kaw is the alternative form of caw.
Meaning of caw
Verb
caw (third-person singular simple present caws, present participle cawing, simple past and past participle cawed)
- 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...
Noun capitalized: Kaw
Kaw (plural Kaws)
- A member of a particular Native American tribe in Oklahoma and parts of Kansas.
- In the winter of 1866 the Cheyennes stole forty-two horses from a Kaw hunting party on the upper Arkansas, and following a murder of a Kaw herder at a buffalo camp near Fort Zarah a year later, the Kaws attacked a Cheyenne encampment[.]2004, R. David Edmunds, The New Warriors: Native American Leaders Since 1900, →ISBN, page 20
- Synonyms:
- Kansa
Synonyms of kaw
Forms of kaw
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | kaws |
| present participle | kawing |
| past participle | kawed |
| past | kawed |
| Noun | |
| plural | kaws |
| plural | Kaws |
Words formed from kaw
Words that rhyme with kaw
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Questions about kaw
- What does kaw mean?
- Kaw means a member of a particular Native American tribe in Oklahoma and parts of Kansas.
- What is kaw the alternative form of?
- Kaw is the alternative form of caw.
- What part of speech is kaw?
- Kaw is a noun.
- How do you pronounce kaw?
- Kaw is pronounced /kɔː/.
- What is the plural of kaw?
- The plural of kaw is kaws.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: kaw (page history and authors); Kaw (page history and authors); caw (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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