bow-wow

== English == === Alternative forms === bow wow, bowwow === Etymology === Onomatopoeic. === Pronunciation === === Interjection === bow-wow Representing the sound of a dog barking. ==== Translations ==== === Noun === bow-wow (plural bow-wows) The sound of a dog barking. (humorous or childish) A dog. 1902, Theodore Roosevelt, letter to Kermit Roosevelt dated 13 October, 1902, in Joseph Bucklin Bishop (editor), Theodore Roosevelt’s Letters to His Children, New York: Scribner, 1919, p. 36,[1] Gem is really a very nice small bow-wow, but Mother found that in this case possession was less attractive than pursuit. ==== Coordinate terms ==== (sound of a dog): arf, bark, growl, grr, howl, ruff, snarl, whimper, whine, woof, woof-woof, yap, yelp, yip ==== Derived terms ==== bow-wow theory go to the bow-wows ==== See also ==== yap and yip bark growl howl snarl whimper whine woof yelp ==== Further reading ==== Bark (utterance) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Verb === bow-wow (third-person singular simple present bow-wows, present participle bow-wowing, simple past and past participle bow-wowed) To make the sound of a dog, to bark, to bow-wow === Adjective === bow-wow (not comparable) (dated, informal, of language) Grandiose. 1826, Walter Scott, Diary entry for 14 March, 1826, in The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott; with a Biography, New York: Conner & Cooke, 1833, Volume 7, Chapter 68, p. 475,[4] Miss Austen […] had a talent for describing the involvements, and feelings, and characters of ordinary life, which is to me the most wonderful I ever met with. The Big Bow-wow strain I can do myself like any now going; but the exquisite touch, which renders ordinary commonplace things and characters interesting, from the truth of the description and the sentiment, is denied to me.