Caw \Caw\ (k[add]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cawed} (k[add]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cawing}.] [Imitative. [root]22 Cf. {Chough}.] To cry like a crow, rook, or raven. Rising and cawing at the gun's report. --Shak. Caw \Caw\, n. The cry made by the crow, rook, or raven.
caw n : the sound made by corvine birds v : utter a cry, characteristic of crows, rooks, or ravens