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• gaw
  gaw

  noun

  a narrow, trenchlike depression, especially a furrow in the earth or a worn or thin area in cloth.
• G.A.W.
  G.A.W.

  abbreviation

  guaranteed annual wage.

gaw

¹ American  

[gaw] / gɔ /

noun

Chiefly Scot.

1. a narrow, trenchlike depression, especially a furrow in the earth or a worn or thin area in cloth.

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G.A.W. ² American  

abbreviation

1. guaranteed annual wage.

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Etymology

Origin of gaw

First recorded in 1785–95; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

So there is no maw gaw to shed in the Baw Waw.

From Time Magazine Archive

That gew gaw was evidently intended by Providence for you.

From Chicken Little Jane on the Big John by Ritchie, Lily Munsell

I'll go with thee, i'faith; gaw, let's be gone.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 by Hazlitt, William Carew

"Yes, sir," says he, "my master's gaw—" when at the "gaw" in walks Mr. Hock, the own man!—the finest gentleman I ever saw.

From Burlesques by Thackeray, William Makepeace

I do' know phwat Dan Delaney w'u'd say to me, housin' and feedin' the likes o' you, but I'll do it wan more summer—and then ye gaw flyin'.

From They of the High Trails by Garland, Hamlin