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Etymology

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Alteration of earliermew, fromMiddle Englishmewen,mouwen(“to mew, meow”), ofonomatopoeic origin.

CompareSaterland Frisianmauje,miauje(“to meow”),West Frisianmiaukje(“to meow”),Dutchmiauwen(“to meow”),Middle Low Germanmauwen,mawen,mouwen(“to meow”) (whence modernGerman Low Germanmauen,miauen(“to meow”)),Middle High Germanmouen, modernGermanmiauen(“to meow”). Some spellings were modelled onFrenchmiaou.

Meow and its spelling variants entered widespread currency in the 19th century, mostly replacingmew, possibly becausephonetic change meant that word had ceased to approximate a cat's cry (contrast the pronunciation of Middle Englishmewen/ˈmɛu̯ən/ compared to modern/ˈmjuː/).

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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meow

  1. Used to indicate thecry of acat.
    Synonyms:mew,miaow,(anime and manga fandom)nya,nyaa,nyan,nyao
    • 2024 August 1, Alison Foreman, “Why Do Audiences at Fantasia Fest … Meow?”, inIndieWire‎[1]:
      “The last thing they had seen in 2012 before that break was a short from Simon’s Cat called ‘Cat Man Do,’” said Lamothe. “When you leave 800 people in the dark, they will do something. That’s what Fantasia is. But because they had just seen that cat gomeow, they meowed.”
  2. (colloquial)Used in reply to aspiteful orcatty comment.
  3. (colloquial)Used to expressseductiveness, mimicking a growl.

Translations

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cry of a cat
said in reply to a spiteful comment

Noun

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meow (countable anduncountable,pluralmeows)

  1. (countable) Thecry of a cat.
    • 1968,Bob Dylan, “Quinn the Eskimo”:
      A cat’smeow and a cow’s moo, I can recite them all / Just tell me where it hurts you, honey
    • 2024 August 1, Alison Foreman, “Why Do Audiences at Fantasia Fest … Meow?”, inIndieWire‎[2]:
      It’s from within that breathing room themeow finally emerged.[…] These days every Fantasia screening begins with a cacophony ofmeows — timed by the audience to start and stop at black leader.
  2. (UK, slang, uncountable) Thedrugmephedrone.
    Synonyms:drone,meow meow

Translations

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cry of a cat
mephedrone

Verb

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meow (third-person singular simple presentmeows,present participlemeowing,simple past and past participlemeowed)

  1. (intransitive) Of a cat, to make its cry.
    • 2024 August 1, Alison Foreman, “Why Do Audiences at Fantasia Fest … Meow?”, inIndieWire‎[3]:
      “The last thing they had seen in 2012 before that break was a short from Simon’s Cat called ‘Cat Man Do,’” said Lamothe. “When you leave 800 people in the dark, they will do something. That’s what Fantasia is. But because they had just seen that cat go meow, theymeowed.”
    • 2024 August 5, R29 Team, “A Week In Boston On An $81,000 Salary”, inRefinery29‎[4]:
      The catmeows at me and bird-watches by the window facing the street. Sometimes I bird-watch with him because the older I get, the more interested I get in birds lol.

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Translations

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of a cat, to make its cry

Derived terms

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Old English

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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mēow

  1. first/third-personsingularpreteriteindicative ofmāwan
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