Meanings
interjection
- The cluck of a chicken.
She's just a big chicken. Bawk, bawk, bakaw!
2002 April 27, Jim Larson, “Re: (spoilers ahoy!) okay well I've given up”, in alt.tv.farscape (Usenet)2 more examples
Saying this in the nicest way possible.... BAKAW BUK BUK BACAW
2000 January 10, NetGuy [username], “Re: Hello Guys!!”, in alt.romance.teen (Usenet)The one-eyed butcher's stall, with its buckets of guts and crates of eggs, stood before me. I could see the one-eyed butcher perched behind a massive chopping block, swiftly hacking away. BAWK! BAWK! BA-KAW!
2012, Wai Chin, Chook Chook: Mei's Secret Pets, University of Queensland Press, →ISBN
Origin
Onomatopoeic.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with bakaw
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
bakaw. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bakaw
MLA
“bakaw.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bakaw. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bakaw,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bakaw.
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