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Bowwow

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Alternative spelling of bow-wow.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. An onomatopoetic name for a dog or its bark.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The loud bark of a dog, or an imitation of it.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. the bark of a dog

n. informal terms for dogs

Word Usage

"If bird names are anything to go by, the "bowwow" theory (perhaps we should call it the "tweet-tweet" theory) rules the roost, since many birds are named for their songs or calls."

Verb Form

bowwowing bowwows

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

bark domestic dog canis familiaris dog

Cross Reference

gone to the bow-wows the bow-wow theory

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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