English

Interjection

bakaw

1. A cluck of a chicken.
   • 2000 January 10, NetGuy [username], “Re: Hello Guys!!”, in alt.romance.teen, Usenet:

     Saying this in the nicest way possible.... BAKAW BUK BUK BACAW

   • 2002 April 27, Jim Larson, “Re: (spoilers ahoy!) okay well I've given up”, in alt.tv.farscape, Usenet:

     She's just a big chicken.
     Bawk, bawk, bakaw!

   • 2012, Wai Chin, Chook Chook: Mei's Secret Pets, University of Queensland Press (2012), ISBN 9780702249464, unnumbered pages:

     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!

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:bakaw.

Usage notes

• Often used to indirectly call someone a chicken (coward).