cawed; cawing; caws
: to utter the harsh raucous natural call of the crow or a similar cry
caw noun
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Jeering bluejays and cawing crows break the silence, seemingly heckling my unwelcome presence. —
Thomas Cangelosi, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2026 Crater Lake National Park Oregon Climbing the Watchman Peak, part of a 1.7-mile out-and-back trail with panoramic views of Crater Lake, my family stopped to figure out where the long cawing sound was coming from. —Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 21 May 2025 Morning came, and with it the sounds of seabirds cawing and boats slicing through the water outside. —Cinelle Barnes, Travel + Leisure, 15 Jan. 2025 Mobbing will sound like cawing or angry chirps, distinct from typical birdsong. —Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 12 Sep. 2024 Additionally, the crows paused before cawing correctly, showing longer reaction times before producing higher totals of vocalizations. —Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 May 2024 Mikaal Sulaiman’s straightforward sound design gives us crows cawing, children at play, and kyries between scenes. —Sara Holdren, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2024 Besides the bodily functions of Wake, the constant rhythm of waves crashing, seagulls cawing and machines humming on this isolated rock are some of the constants that carry from the dead of night to daybreak. —Garrett Mitchell, azcentral, 24 Oct. 2019
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Thomas Cangelosi, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2026 Crater Lake National Park Oregon Climbing the Watchman Peak, part of a 1.7-mile out-and-back trail with panoramic views of Crater Lake, my family stopped to figure out where the long cawing sound was coming from. —Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 21 May 2025 Morning came, and with it the sounds of seabirds cawing and boats slicing through the water outside. —Cinelle Barnes, Travel + Leisure, 15 Jan. 2025 Mobbing will sound like cawing or angry chirps, distinct from typical birdsong. —Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 12 Sep. 2024 Additionally, the crows paused before cawing correctly, showing longer reaction times before producing higher totals of vocalizations. —Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 May 2024 Mikaal Sulaiman’s straightforward sound design gives us crows cawing, children at play, and kyries between scenes. —Sara Holdren, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2024 Besides the bodily functions of Wake, the constant rhythm of waves crashing, seagulls cawing and machines humming on this isolated rock are some of the constants that carry from the dead of night to daybreak. —Garrett Mitchell, azcentral, 24 Oct. 2019
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“Caw.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/caw. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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