Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A jackdaw.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To become day; dawn.
- noun A jackdaw. See
dawcock . - noun A foolish, empty fellow.
- noun A sluggard; a slattern.
- To daunt; frighten.
- To thrive; prosper; recover health or spirits.
- To cause to recover one's spirits; hearten; encourage; cheer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb obsolete To dawn.
- noun (Zoöl.) A European bird of the Crow family (
Corvus monedula ), often nesting in church towers and ruins; a jackdaw. - transitive verb obsolete To rouse.
- transitive verb obsolete To daunt; to terrify.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A western jackdaw, Corvus monedula; a bird of
crow family , more commonly calledjackdaw . - noun obsolete An
idiot , asimpleton ;fool . - verb obsolete To
dawn . - verb obsolete To
wake (someone) up. - verb obsolete To daunt; to terrify.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun common black-and-grey Eurasian bird noted for thievery
Etymologies
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Examples
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How, I inquired, did these innocent birds get on with their black neighbours, seeing that the daw is a cunning creature much given to persecution -- a crow, in fact, as black as any of his family?
Afoot in England 1881
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Sabi ni Tatay, simulan ko na daw ang mag-diet kundi baka daw iwan ako ng asawa ko.
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"Daw Aung San Suu Kyi said she was absolutely dissatisfied with the arrangement - giving more time for the prosecution to prepare the argument," said Nyan Win, using the respectful term "daw" for the Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
Archive 2009-07-01 Stephen Retherford 2009
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"Daw Aung San Suu Kyi said she was absolutely dissatisfied with the arrangement - giving more time for the prosecution to prepare the argument," said Nyan Win, using the respectful term "daw" for the Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
Trial of Aung San Suu Kyi nears conclusion Stephen Retherford 2009
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There is another kind of daw found in Lybia and Phrygia, which is web-footed.
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For my own part I think that Cain's version is infinitely more humorous and instructive as well, because a "door is not a door" when it is a "daw," which is, indeed, as Cain's answer to the riddle claims it to be, a bird.
The Autobiography of Methuselah John Kendrick Bangs 1892
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He who is connected with a "daw," or drab, has many troubles to put up with.
The Proverbs of Scotland Alexander Hislop 1836
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I think the Korean management that will relay the reasons of the postpone came in the hotel riding a taxi, I just figured it out because manong taxi driver told us when we rode in that the Korean guy is in a hurry and its about that press con and interview "daw" with tv and media.
Azrael's Merryland 2010
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I think the Korean management that will relay the reasons of the postpone came in the hotel riding a taxi, I just figured it out because manong taxi driver told us when we rode in that the Korean guy is in a hurry and its about that press con and interview "daw" with tv and media.
Azrael's Merryland 2010
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In a 1992 guide she wrote for the national MSA about how to establish a 'daw'ah' table to attract non-Muslims to the faith, she talks about the danger of succumbing to Western pressure to 'water down' Islam to make it fit a Western perspective.
Bloggers.Pakistan 2008
oroboros commented on the word daw
Wad in reverse.
November 2, 2007
sionnach commented on the word daw
For an example of usage, see cuckoo.
People with this name include Jack and Margery
September 14, 2009