"cawing" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cawings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔːɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} cawing (plural cawings)
  1. The act of producing a caw sound. Translations (the act of producing a caw sound): κρωγμός (krōgmós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), agallach [feminine] (Irish), gràg (Scottish Gaelic), gràgail (Scottish Gaelic), gràc (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-cawing-en-noun-wpJjuzvs

Verb

Rhymes: -ɔːɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} cawing
  1. present participle and gerund of caw Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: caw Categories (topical): Animal sounds
    Sense id: en-cawing-en-verb-8Y46g0qS Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 40 60 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 77 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 18 82

Inflected forms

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