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Antonyms for cawing
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : kaw |
Phonetic Transcription : kɔ |
Definition of cawing
Origin :- 1660s, from caw (v.).
- As in squawk : verb make high-pitched, animal-like sound
- As in croak : verb make husky, squawking noise
- As in crow : verb brag, exult
- As in cry : verb call out, yell
- And in one tree sat a raven, beating his wings and cawing loudly.
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
- I listened, and heard the cawing of rooks, the neighing of horses, and the lowing of cattle.
- Extract from : « The Birthright » by Joseph Hocking
- At intervals they all rise in the air, and wheel about, all cawing at once.
- Extract from : « Bird Stories from Burroughs » by John Burroughs
- So back they came, cawing at the top of their lungs, for they were very much excited.
- Extract from : « Blacky the Crow » by Thornton W. Burgess
- Never had Blacky felt more like cawing at the top of his lungs.
- Extract from : « Blacky the Crow » by Thornton W. Burgess
- But, till that happy time, take my advice, and submit to the cawing.
- Extract from : « The Kellys and the O'Kellys » by Anthony Trollope
- Their cawing was so constant, that she become superstitious, and declared she could not stand it.
- Extract from : « A Summer's Outing » by Carter H. Harrison
- The rooks were cawing and wheeling about the tree-tops, settling for the night.
- Extract from : « Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents and Strange Events » by S. Baring-Gould
- It sits on the edge of the nest and makes laudable, if ludicrous, efforts at cawing.
- Extract from : « Birds of the Plains » by Douglas Dewar
- Feathers flew in all directions; the cawing and screaming were almost deafening.
- Extract from : « Jungle Folk » by Douglas Dewar
Synonyms for cawing
- babble
- bark
- bawl
- bay
- bellow
- bleat
- blow
- bluster
- boast
- cackle
- call
- caw
- chatter
- cheer
- clack
- clamor
- cluck
- cock-a-doodle-doo
- coo
- croak
- crow
- cry
- ejaculate
- exclaim
- flourish
- gabble
- gas
- gasp
- gloat
- glory in
- growl
- grunt
- gurgle
- hail
- hiss
- holler
- holler out
- hoot
- howl
- jubilate
- low
- meow
- moo
- mouth
- nicker
- pipe
- prate
- puff
- quack
- roar
- rodomontade
- scream
- screech
- shout
- shriek
- sing out
- snarl
- squawk
- strut
- swagger
- trill
- triumph
- tweet
- utter huskily
- utter throatily
- vaunt
- vociferate
- wheeze
- whinny
- whistle
- whoop
- yap
- yawp
- yelp
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