bowwow

[ bou-wou, -wou ]
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noun
  1. the bark of a dog.

  2. an imitation of this.

  1. Chiefly Baby Talk. a dog.

Origin of bowwow

1
First recorded in 1570–80; rhyming compound; imitative

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How to use bowwow in a sentence

  • Ive heard of the bowwow theory and the dingdong theory, said Thwaite, his hands busy with the machine.

    The Record of Currupira | Robert Abernathy

British Dictionary definitions for bow-wow

bow-wow

/ (ˈbaʊˌwaʊ, -ˈwaʊ) /


noun
  1. a child's word for dog

  2. an imitation of the bark of a dog

verb
  1. (intr) to bark or imitate a dog's bark

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