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bawk

bawk

10 9.9
A short clucking sound made by a chicken
  • noun
  • /bɔk/
translation icon : cacareo
  • Bawk, bawk, bawk!
  • bawk. Ba
  • Bawk! Buck
  • chickens said "bawk"

Examples

Synonyms

squawk
vsbawk
21 4.9

A loud, harsh sound often made by a bird

is a shorter, less harsh farm bird sound rather than a screech
cackle
vsbawk
10 4.1

A loud high sharp sound a hen makes or a loud harsh laugh

is a farm bird short sound rather than a shrill laugh
gobble
vsbawk
8 9.4

A loud sound a male turkey makes

is the general short chicken sound rather than the turkey call
clucking
vsbawk
7 4.4

A soft, short sound a hen makes to call her chicks

is the general short chicken sound used by farm birds

How Loud

squawk
21 4.9
bawk
10 9.9
to cluck
27 3.3
to cheep
1 3.9
peep
14 1.0

Surface Forms

bawk singular
bawks plural

Etymology

Bawk is a simple imitation of a chicken's noise, much like the common word cluck, so it means the clucking or cackling sound a hen makes.