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meow

Pronunciation: /miˈaʊ/

The English word “meow” has 6 meanings listed here.

interjection

  1. Used to indicate the cry of a cat.
  2. Used in reply to a spiteful or catty comment.
  3. Used to express seductiveness, mimicking a growl.

noun

  1. The cry of a cat.
  2. The drug mephedrone.

verb

  1. Of a cat, to make its cry.

Etymology

Alteration of earlier mew, from Middle English mewen, mouwen (“to mew, meow”), of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Saterland Frisian mauje, miauje (“to meow”), West Frisian miaukje (“to meow”), Dutch miauwen (“to meow”), Middle Low German mauwen, mawen, mouwen (“to meow”) (whence modern German Low German mauen, miauen (“to meow”)), Middle High German mouen, modern German miauen (“to meow”). Some…

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