"woof-woof" meaning in English

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Interjection

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-woof-woof.wav Forms: woof woof [alternative]
Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Reduplication of woof. Head templates: {{en-interj}} woof-woof
  1. Representing the sound of a large dog barking.
    Sense id: en-woof-woof-en-intj-dOuCYqCa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10 Coordinate_terms (sound of a dog): arf, bark, bow-wow, growl, grr, howl, snarl, whimper, whine, woof, yap, yelp, yip

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-woof-woof.wav Forms: woof-woofs [plural], woof woof [alternative]
Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Reduplication of woof. Head templates: {{en-noun}} woof-woof (plural woof-woofs)
  1. (childish) A dog. Tags: childish
    Sense id: en-woof-woof-en-noun-MwKDpf~v

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "sound of a dog",
          "word": "arf"
        },
        {
          "sense": "sound of a dog",
          "word": "bark"
        },
        {
          "sense": "sound of a dog",
          "word": "bow-wow"
        },
        {
          "sense": "sound of a dog",
          "word": "growl"
        },
        {
          "sense": "sound of a dog",
          "word": "grr"
        },
        {
          "sense": "sound of a dog",
          "word": "howl"
        },
        {
          "sense": "sound of a dog",
          "word": "snarl"
        },
        {
          "sense": "sound of a dog",
          "word": "whimper"
        },
        {
          "sense": "sound of a dog",
          "word": "whine"
        },
        {
          "sense": "sound of a dog",
          "word": "woof"
        },
        {
          "sense": "sound of a dog",
          "word": "yap"
        },
        {
          "sense": "sound of a dog",
          "word": "yelp"
        },
        {
          "sense": "sound of a dog",
          "word": "yip"
        }
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    },
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      "sense": "sound of a dog",
      "word": "arf"
    },
    {
      "sense": "sound of a dog",
      "word": "bark"
    },
    {
      "sense": "sound of a dog",
      "word": "bow-wow"
    },
    {
      "sense": "sound of a dog",
      "word": "growl"
    },
    {
      "sense": "sound of a dog",
      "word": "grr"
    },
    {
      "sense": "sound of a dog",
      "word": "howl"
    },
    {
      "sense": "sound of a dog",
      "word": "snarl"
    },
    {
      "sense": "sound of a dog",
      "word": "whimper"
    },
    {
      "sense": "sound of a dog",
      "word": "whine"
    },
    {
      "sense": "sound of a dog",
      "word": "woof"
    },
    {
      "sense": "sound of a dog",
      "word": "yap"
    },
    {
      "sense": "sound of a dog",
      "word": "yelp"
    },
    {
      "sense": "sound of a dog",
      "word": "yip"
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