as in crow
Related Words
Relevance
Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for caw
Noun
-
Across the canyon, flames leapt up the Paseo Miramar trail, still two miles away as the crow flies, but already too close to ignore.—
Jonathan Taplin, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2026
-
While the studio, streaming service HBO Max and affiliated cable channel HBO are broadly considered the jewels in the WBD crow, the TV networks have been dubbed – perhaps unfairly – ‘CrapCo’ in some circles.—
Noun
-
However, after 40 minutes, the pilot turned back to Birmingham after issuing the 7700 squawk emergency code over the French coast, Daily Express reported.—
-
There are times when squawk is not used to communicate aircraft information, like during military operations.—
Noun
-
This not-quite-title song, which is nearly eight minutes long, is a sort of mini-suite, opening with a dog barking, giving way to an acoustic-guitar melody accompanying polyphonic vocals, then becoming electric and crashingly alive, until the relentless screech of a guitar drags you to the end.—
-
As the band blares, Georgia fans bark for the Dawgs and Alabama faithful screech Roll Tide.—
Noun
-
Only the chirp of insects and the distant hum of a generator.—
-
Rodrigues and his teammates started the chirps on the bench.—
Noun
-
What the cluck is going on in Kate Beckinsale’s family?—
-
Here’s something for Hallmark fans to cluck about: the channel has set the return date for The Chicken Sisters.—
Noun
-
The picture, showing Prince Andrew with his arm around Virginia Giuffre (then Roberts) at what was said to be Ghislaine Maxwell’s mews house in London, has dogged Andrew ever since it was first published.—
-
Social media has greatly intensified this process; peep a scene like phonk, which devolved from ‘90s Memphis rap homage to a sewage stream of electronic beats to lift weights and mew to.—
Noun
-
If the bark has fallen off or the twigs snap cleanly under light pressure, the branch is probably dead.—
-
It is made from the inner bark of a tree.—
Noun
-
If Simmons’ Demon was Kiss’ scowl, then Frehley’s Spaceman was its cackle.—
-
The ending is easy to anticipate and no less fiendishly pleasing for it; seeing the karmic scales balanced this well deserves a hearty Cryptkeeper cackle.—
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Cite this Entry
“Caw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caw. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
Love words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share