Sekirov Dictionary

bow-wow

noun 2
adjective 1
exclamation 1
verb 1
forms 4

noun2

•
The sound of a dog barking.
- And a chorus of quadruped, white and brown, / Bark’d affirmative, “gone to town,” / With affable bursts of French bow-wow; / (As part of the family they knew how!) — 1864
•
(humorous) A dog.
- Daddy wouldn't buy me a bow wow! bow wow! / Daddy wouldn't buy me a bow wow! bow wow, / I've got a little cat, / And I'm very fond of that, / But I'd rather have a bow wow, wow, wow, wow, wow. — 1892

adjective1

(informal, old-fashioned) Grandiose.

exclamation1

•
Representing the sound of a dog barking.
- Harke, harke, bowgh wawgh: the watch-Dogges barke, bowgh-wawgh. — 1610

verb1

To make the sound of a dog, to bark, to bow-wow

forms

bow-wowed · bow-wowing · bow-wows · bow wows

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