FAW

Etymology 1

Onomatopoetic.

Interjection

faw

Alternative form of faugh

Synonyms

• (disgust): bleah, eww, ick, pooh, uck; see also yuck

• (contempt): feh, pfaugh, pish, pshaw, pooh; see also bah

Etymology 2

Preposition

faw

Eye dialect spelling of for; chiefly used to represent the accent of slaves in the United States.

Etymology 3

Noun

faw (plural faws)

A gypsy.

Anagrams

• FWA, WAF

Proper noun

Faw (plural Faws)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Faw is the 20792nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1270 individuals. Faw is most common among White (90.24%) individuals.

Anagrams

• FWA, WAF

Source: Wiktionary



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