waw

[ vahv, vawv ]

/ vɑv, vɔv /

noun

vav.

Nearby words

waver, waverley, waves, wavey, wavy, waw, wawa, wawl, wax, wax and wane, wax bean

Definition for waw (2 of 2)

wāw

[ wou ]

/ waʊ /

noun

the 27th letter of the Arabic alphabet.

Origin of wāw

Borrowed into English from Arabic around 1825–35

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Examples from the Web for waw

Waw, a sliver is abaht the wanne thing in the wy of a genlmn o fortn thet e YNT.
Captain Brassbound's Conversion|George Bernard Shaw
Perhaps he waw not so much at rest or so contented with her as with Alice.
The Gilded Age, Part 5.|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) and Charles Dudley Warner
Some of huz is hanconverted men, gavner; an they sy: You smaggles wanne thing, Kepn; waw not hanather?
Captain Brassbound's Conversion|George Bernard Shaw
Let for example the following question be put: 'Waw Colbee yagoono?'
A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson|Watkin Tench

War prophets and medicine men, waw keen, were revered as demi-gods.
Legends of The Kaw|Carrie de Voe

British Dictionary definitions for waw

waw

/ (wɔː) /

noun

another name for vav

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