[f. prec.] intr. To bark; also fig. to snarl, growl. Hence Bow-wower, Bow-wowing.
1832. Marryat, N. Forster, i. To be snarled at, and bow-wowed at, in this manner, by those who find fault.
a. 1845. Hood, To Hahnemann, vi. Stop his bow-wow-ing.
1850. Carlyle, Latter-d. Pamph., viii. To be bullied and bowowed out of your loyalty to the God of Light.