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Waw

Definition: Waw

Waw

Noun

1. The 6th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "waw" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1608. (references)


Abbreviations & Acronyms: Waw

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

WAW

EnglishWarsawN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Crosswords: Waw

Non-English Usage: "Waw" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Papago (rock).

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Commercial Usage: Waw

DomainTitle

Books

  • Diddy Waw Diddy: Passage of an American Son (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expression: Waw

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "waw": waw-itg.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Waw

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  waw

80

  mp3 waw

54

  converter mp3 waw

6

  midi waw

5

  man pl waw

4

  convert mp3 waw

4

  panther steel waw

3

  convert waw

2

  converter waw

2

  baw lil waw

2
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Derivations: Waw

Derivations

Words beginning with "waw": wawl, wawled, wawling, wawls, waws. (additional references)

Words ending with "waw": williwaw, willywaw. (additional references)

Words containing "waw": stowaway, stowaways, throwaway, throwaways, towaway, towaways, williwaws, willywaws. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Waw

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-w-w"

-1 letter: aw.

 Words containing the letters "a-w-w"
 

+1 letter: wawl, waws.

 

+2 letters: wawls.

 

+3 letters: gewgaw, pawpaw, wallow, warsaw, wawled, wigwag, wigwam.

 

+4 letters: awkward, awlwort, dewclaw, gewgaws, pawpaws, swallow, towaway, walkway, wallows, warsaws, warwork, warworn, wawling, waxweed, waxwing, waxwork, waxworm, wayward, wayworn, wetware, whipsaw, wigwags, wigwams, windway, wireway, woadwax, woodwax.

 

+5 letters: awlworts, crawlway, dewclaws, downward, downwash, drawdown, hawkshaw, hawkweed, newshawk, stowaway, swallows, swimwear, towaways, townwear, walkaway, walkways, wallowed, wallower, warpower, warpwise, warworks, washbowl, wasteway, waterway, waxweeds, waxwings, waxworks, waxworms, wellaway, westward, wetwares, whipsawn, whipsaws, widthway, williwau, williwaw, willywaw, windflaw, windward, windways, wiredraw, wireways, withdraw.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Waw


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

57 61 77

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

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Bibliographic Items: "waw"


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Amazon.com BOOKS: Search for: "waw"

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