bow-wow

/ (ˈbaʊˌwaʊ, -ˈwaʊ) /

noun

a child's word for dog

an imitation of the bark of a dog

verb

(intr) to bark or imitate a dog's bark

Nearby words

bow trolley, bow wave, bow weight, bow window, bow-iron, bow-wow, bowditch, bowditch's law, bowdlerize, bowdlerizing, bowed

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Examples from the Web for bow-wow

When the risks and results of fighting are not equally distributed, we default to a world that delivers “Bow-wow POW.”
The Taliban Trolled the Internet with a Dog Video and Upstaged an American POW|Brian Van Reet|February 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It's nothing new to have men make love—any kind of a man will sit up and say 'bow-wow' if you snap your fingers at him.
The Lookout Man|B. M. Bower
But it was all in vain; let them lead him where they might, not a sound would the dog utter: he had no "bow-wow" for them.
Tales of Old Japan|Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford
Bow-Wow went after it and made leaps into the air to get it, and was just as glad as he could be.
Bow-Wow and Mew-Mew|Georgiana M. Craik

Bow-Wow could not sleep: he thought every hour would be Mew-Mew's last.
Bow-Wow and Mew-Mew|Georgiana M. Craik
The commencement of this bow-wow's career was as strange as the many adventures he afterwards went through.
Sketches From My Life|Hobart Pasha