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Meaning of bow-wow | Babel Free

Interjection CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

Representing the sound of a dog barking.

Equivalents

Deutsch wau wau
Español guau guau guau
Français mouarf ouah ouah
Italiano bau bau
한국어 멍멍
Português au-au
Tiếng Việt gâu

Examples

“Harke, harke, bowgh wawgh: the watch-Dogges barke, bowgh-wawgh.”
“She […] hath ſtiled him with an immortall penne, the bawewawe of ſchollars, the tutt of gentlemen, the tee-heegh of gentlewomen, the phy of citizens, the blurt of Courtiers, the poogh of good letters, the faph of good manners, and the whoop-hooe of good boyes in London ſtreetes.”

CEFR level

C2
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