CAA
abbreviation
Civil Aeronautics Administration: a former agency of the U.S. government, reorganized into the FAA.
CAA
American
Or
C.A.A.
abbreviation
caa
1
British
/ kɔː /
verb
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to drive or propel
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to knock
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to proceed cautiously; go slow
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to send (a person) sprawling
CAA
2
British
abbreviation
caa
3
British
/ kɔː /
verb
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CAA Chief Executive Bryan Lourd called for state leaders to create an exemption for tax credits earned under the expanded film and TV program.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
With its jokes about the inner workings of Hollywood agents at CAA and the trappings of fame and fortune, “Gail Daughtry” could easily feel like inside baseball.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
Popular athletes can also "help brands bridge cultural gaps, introduce products to new audiences and create a level of familiarity that would otherwise take years to build", said Adrian Staiti from agency CAA Sports.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
Rose, who’d co-led the basketball division of the talent agency CAA, seemed an unlikely candidate to do what those giants of the sport couldn’t.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
The CAA men returned Porter's smile with smiles that could only be called polite and businesslike.
From By Proxy by H. R. van Dongen
The leaves beaten into a finish powder furnished the `Paraguayan tea', called yerba-maté by the Spaniards and caa by the Indians, from which the Jesuits derived a handsome revenue.
From A Vanished Arcadia: being some account of the Jesuits in Paraguay 1607-1767 by R. B. (Robert Bontine) Cunninghame Graham
With a sudden lift of hope, Elsie listened for the well-known "caa" of her grandfather's shuttle.
From Deep Moat Grange by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
Yon!" cried the old man, ungratefully, "caa ye that half a day's wark?
From Deep Moat Grange by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
"Oh," said Callum Beg, "it's either the muckle Sunday hersel', or the little government Sunday that they caa the Fast!"
From Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North by Sir Walter Scott
The very name of the Cordillera of Caaguazu bears testimony to the abundance of the yerba, caa meaning maté in the Guaranian language, and guazu, "great" or "much."
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 90, June, 1875 by Various
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