"bow-wow" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} bow-wow (not comparable)
  1. (dated, informal, of language) Grandiose. Tags: dated, informal, not-comparable Categories (topical): Animal sounds Categories (lifeform): Dogs
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bow wow

Interjection [English]

Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Head templates: {{en-interj}} bow-wow
  1. Representing the sound of a dog barking. Translations (sound of a dog barking): bub-bub (Catalan), 汪汪 (wāngwāng) (Chinese Mandarin), vov-vov (Danish), vov (Danish), boj (Esperanto), hau (Finnish), hau hau (Finnish), vuh (Finnish), mouarf (French), ouah ouah (French), wau wau (German), γαβ (gav) (Greek), vau-vau (Hungarian), bau bau (Italian), ワンワン (wanwan) (Japanese), арс-арс (ars-ars) (Kazakh), арс-ұрс (ars-ūrs) (Kazakh), វ៉េសវ៉ូស (veeh) (Khmer), 멍멍 (meongmeong) (Korean), ຫອງຫອງ (honghong) (Lao), gonggong (Malay), kung-kung (Malay), хав хав (xav xav) (Mongolian), hau (Polish), au-au (Portuguese), ham-ham (Romanian), гав-гав (gav-gav) (Russian), ав-ав (av-av) (Russian), тяв-тяв (tjav-tjav) (Russian), ав ав [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), av av [Latin] (Serbo-Croatian), guau guau (Spanish), vov vov (Swedish), voff voff (Swedish), voff (Swedish), vov (Swedish), భౌ భౌ (bhau bhau) (Telugu), โฮ่ง โฮ่ง (hôong hôong) (Thai), hav hav (Turkish), gâu gâu (Vietnamese), ẳng ẳng (Vietnamese), ăng ẳng (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-bow-wow-en-intj-C2bggpGd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 37 40 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bow wow

Noun [English]

Forms: bow-wows [plural]
Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Head templates: {{en-noun}} bow-wow (plural bow-wows)
  1. The sound of a dog barking.
    Sense id: en-bow-wow-en-noun-W33QaUOO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 37 40 9
  2. (humorous or childish) A dog. Tags: childish, humorous
    Sense id: en-bow-wow-en-noun-MwKDpf~v Coordinate_terms (sound of a dog): arf, bark, growl, grr, howl, ruff, snarl, whimper, whine, woof, woof-woof, yap, yelp, yip Disambiguation of 'sound of a dog': 40 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bow wow Derived forms: bow-wow theory, go to the bow-wows Related terms: yap and yip, bark, growl, howl, snarl, whimper, whine, woof, yelp

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "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.",
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        },
        {
          "text": "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,\nMiss 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."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Grandiose."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Grandiose",
          "grandiose"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated, informal, of language) Grandiose."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of language"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "informal",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "bow wow"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bow-wow"
}

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