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Bow-wow   /baʊ-waʊ/   Listen
Bow-wow

noun
1.
The bark of a dog.
2.
Informal terms for dogs.  Synonyms: barker, doggie, doggy, pooch.






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"Bow-wow" Quotes from Famous Books



... go to his bed immediately, meanwhile hastening down-stairs to prepare for him a hot drink. Upon my return, my patient was in bed, closely covered up,—head and all. As soon as I turned down the bedclothes from his face, I was startled by a furious er-r-r-r bow-wow, wow, wow, which also attracted the attention of every one in the large ward. Of course it was impossible longer to conceal the fact that the new patient had brought with him a dog, so he showed me—nestling under his arm—a young Newfoundland puppy, looking like nothing so much as a fluffy black ...
— Memories - A Record of Personal Experience and Adventure During Four Years of War • Fannie A. (Mrs.) Beers

... of the House with the Green Shutters. Roger, the collie, came at him with a bow-wow-wow. "Roger!" he whispered, and cuddled him, and the old loyalist fawned on him and licked his hand. The very smell of the dog ...
— The House with the Green Shutters • George Douglas Brown



Words linked to "Bow-wow" :   Canis familiaris, doggie, barker, dog, pooch, domestic dog, bark, doggy



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