Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The cry of a cat.
- noun Informal A malicious, spiteful comment.
- intransitive verb To make the crying sound of a cat.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb See 6th and 7th
mew .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- interjection The cry of a
cat . - interjection Said in reply to a
spiteful orcatty comment. - noun The
cry of a cat. - verb intransitive Of a cat, to make its cry.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this)
- verb cry like a cat
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The expression "meow" is a string literal, and it is an lvalue.
Site Home vcblog 2011
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Just so you know – Katzenjammer cat’s meow is German for hangover.
Hangover Cat - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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There can only be one Winston: D (His meow is adorable, by the way)
Winston isn't normal 2009
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Officers also say the substance, known by the name meow meow, is becoming increasingly popular among young people, adding it posed "a very real threat".
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Officers also say the substance, known by the name meow meow, is becoming increasingly popular among young people, adding it posed "a very real threat".
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Officers also say the substance, known by the name meow meow, is becoming increasingly popular among young people, adding it posed "a very real threat".
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Officers also say the substance, known by the name meow meow, is becoming increasingly popular among young people, adding it posed "a very real threat".
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Officers also say the substance, known by the name meow meow, is becoming increasingly popular among young people, adding it posed "a very real threat".
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Officers also say the substance, known by the name meow meow, is becoming increasingly popular among young people, adding it posed "a very real threat".
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Officers also say the substance, known by the name meow meow, is becoming increasingly popular among young people, adding it posed "a very real threat".
zeke commented on the word meow
Sound made by a cat
September 28, 2011
sionnach commented on the word meow
Or, if you prefer the James Joyce version, mkgnao.
September 28, 2011
yarb commented on the word meow
Were you looking for mrkgnao, sionnach?
September 28, 2011
sionnach commented on the word meow
Maybe so. Though I think there are several different versions in "Ulysses", mkgnao and mrkgnao being two of them.
September 28, 2011
yarb commented on the word meow
You're probably right. I prefer it with the 'r' though.
September 28, 2011
bilby commented on the word meow
Surely depends on the method of cat-whipping, no?
September 29, 2011