caw

Examples

• All

• And when finally there were, their cawing came from far away.

  Fiction book (1995)

• We hear a caw, and the Queen Tengu squints as she spots a falcon circling in the sky above.

  Fiction book (1995)

• The cawing of whatever bird it was up in the sky was music to my ears.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Even the cawing of the young ravens sounds joyous to me.

  Fiction book (2001)

• The air about our heads throbs with their wingbeats and cawing.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Their caws sounded like screams up close, a woman's scream, desperate and alone.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Dordolio gave a somewhat subdued caw of laughter, slapped his hat against his thigh, and, signaling his comrades, walked away.

  Fiction book (1993)

• The caw of the crow pierced the quiet morning air.

• We could hear the loud caw of the raven as it flew overhead.

• As the sun set, the persistent caw of the crows filled the sky.

Synonyms

H

honk

vscaw

34 1.6

A loud harsh sound like a goose or car horn

is rougher and used for certain black birds rather than waterfowl cries

S

squawk

vscaw

13 4.9

A loud, harsh sound often made by a bird

is rougher and more raucous rather than high pitched

C

cackle

vscaw

6 4.1

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

is rougher and more raucous rather than sharp and repeated

C

croak

vscaw

4 4.2

A deep, rough sound made by frogs or ravens

is harsher and more raucous rather than deep and hoarse

C

crow

vscaw

1 1.4

A loud, high call made by a rooster

is used more for wild corvid birds and sounds raucous

How Harsh

screech

21 2.9

caw

9 7.1

cry

157 1.0

call

113 1.0

chirp

12 1.6

Surface Forms

Etymology