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bowwow

bowwow

1 6.5
A sound people say to copy a dog's bark
  • noun
  • /ˈbaʊˌwaʊ/
  • Baby Talk
translation icon : guau
  • As we walked past the house, we could hear the dog's bowwow echoing through the yard.

Examples

  • Except for some superficial bowwow stuff at the start, the dogs all represent human types... which is where it gets into real trouble.

    The Last Days of Disco (1998)

  • Bowwow.

    Inspector Gadget 2 (2003)

  • Bowwow.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • I'm tryin' to peep a bowwow.

    Bringing Down the House (2003)

  • Little dog goes bowwow, little hen goes cluck cluck Little pig goes mm-mm, little duck goes quack quack Little guinea, pot-er-rak

    Gummo (1997)

  • The teacher asked the students to make the sound of a dog by saying bowwow.

  • When the puppy heard the doorbell, it excitedly started to bowwow.

Synonyms

woof
vsbowwow
50 1.0

A short sound a dog makes to show it is alert or happy

is the imitative written form of the same bark sound
howl
vsbowwow
43 1.7

A long loud cry or laugh that shows strong feeling

is the shorter bark-like sound rather than a prolonged emotional cry
yip
vsbowwow
22 7.6

A short, high bark made by a small dog or puppy

is the general bark sound rather than a very high-pitched cry
bay
vsbowwow
20 7.5

A deep loud bark made by a hunting dog

is the general bark sound, not specifically deep nor used for tracking
ruff
vsbowwow
10 5.3

A short sharp sound a dog makes when it barks once

is the general bark sound rather than a very short sharp one
yelping
vsbowwow
5 2.6

A short high sound a dog makes when it is hurt or afraid

is the single imitative bark rather than an ongoing high-pitched cry
whoof
vsbowwow
1 9.3

A loud deep sound like a dog's bark or a sudden rush of air

is the typical bark sound rather than a very loud deep one
bow-wow
vsbowwow
1 6.6

The sound a dog makes when it barks

is written without a hyphen in a single unbroken form
arf
vsbowwow
  • Informal
1 9.7

A short playful sound people make to copy a dog's bark

is the imitative bark sound without playful attention-seeking use
wuff
vsbowwow
9.7

A soft dog sound like a gentle bark

is the general bark sound that can be louder or firmer

Surface Forms

bowwow singular
bowwows plural

Etymology

Bowwow is an imitative word made by repeating bow, and it means the 'sound' a dog makes, like woof or a short 'bark'. So a child's 'bowwow' is simply the dog's bark.