bowwow
bowwow Lexical Profile
bowwow Game Scores & Validity
• interjection
Used to represent or imitate the barking sound made by a dog.
""Bowwow!" went the playful terrier as it chased the ball across the lawn."
• noun
The barking sound made by a dog, or a vocal imitation of it.
"A loud bowwow from the backyard alerted the family that the mail carrier had arrived."
A domesticated carnivorous mammal of the family Canidae (Canis lupus familiaris); a dog (used primarily by or when speaking to young children).
"The toddler pointed excitedly at the friendly golden retriever and called out to the big bowwow."
• verb
To bark or make a sound resembling a dog's bark.
"The neighborhood hounds bowwowed noisily whenever a delivery truck drove down the lane."
• Rhymes for bowwow
Word Origin & Etymology
First recorded in the mid-16th century, 'bowwow' is an onomatopoeic reduplication formed in direct imitation of the barking sound made by a dog.