Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The cry of a cat.
- n. Informal A malicious, spiteful comment.
- v. To make the crying sound of a cat.
Wiktionary
- interj. The cry of a cat.
- interj. Said in reply to a spiteful or catty comment.
- n. The cry of a cat.
- v. Of a cat, to make its cry.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. See 6th and 7th mew.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this)
- v. cry like a cat
Etymologies
- Imitative.
Examples
“The expression "meow" is a string literal, and it is an lvalue.”
“Just so you know – Katzenjammer cat’s meow is German for hangover.”
Hangover Cat - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“There can only be one Winston: D (His meow is adorable, by the way)”
“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".”
“Significantly, the findings did not suggest that users of mephedrone – which Measham said was sometimes referred to as M-Cat, but was only called meow meow by newspapers – switched to other legal highs when the drug was made illegal.”
The Guardian: Mephedrone is more popular than ecstasy among UK clubbers despite being banned
“Mephedrone, the former "legal high" sometimes referred to as "meow meow", has become the clubbing scene's favourite drug, according to the first research of its kind.”
The Guardian: Mephedrone is more popular than ecstasy among UK clubbers despite being banned
“A belief that mephedrone would usurp ecstasy has not been realised, according to the Lancaster study, which found evidence that the former "legal high", also called "meow", has supplemented, "rather than displaced, ecstasy use among ecstasy users".”
The Guardian: Ecstasy is back in clubs as newly potent drug is taken with 'legal highs'
“Catbirds actually meow, which is why they're called catbirds, naturally.”
“They include the party drug mephedrone, sometimes also known as "meow meow," whose effects are reported to be similar to cocaine, amphetamine and ecstasy.”
“When she's asleep on the bed and I walk by, and she wakes up, opens her eyes, stretches, and goes 'meow' -- I hate to sound cornball, but those moments are precious to me.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘meow’.
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Talk Talk
Words for Talking
squawk, gab, chatter, chitchat, blab, prattle, blather, discuss, hector, plead, cajole, harangue and 189 more...
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Onomatopoetic
words (seemingly) formed in imitation of a natural sound
plash, guff, woof, splash, crash, pow, crack, bang, whoosh, whizz, whallop, fizz and 116 more...
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sound (loud)
words for loud sounds
( descriptive, randomness )crash, thud, bump, thump, boom, smash, explode, roar, scream, screech, short, yell and 167 more...
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American Onomatopoeia
A neat list of sound effects that come in handy when you try to describe how Adam West is beating up Superman.
meow, roar, oink, tik tok, zap, boom, pow, bam, whaam, biff, crunch, whack and 5 more...
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What The Cat Said
ANYBODY CAN ADD WORDS HERE. EVEN ME. Onomatopoeic words for the plaintive sound made by a cat. Please feel free to add words from any languages you are competent in. I'm interested in differing per...
miaow, ngeong, nyao, mrkrgnao, mijav, meow, mjan mjan, miau, mieaou, myau, morbror laus, miao and 23 more...
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onomatopoeias (2 syllable)
2 syllable words that mean what they sound like. (dictionaried or un-dictionaried | onomatopoeic in nature)
onomatopoeias (1 syllable) | onomatopoeias (3+ syllables)wobble, sputter, spatter, flutter, giggle, hiccup, mumble, murmur, jangle, rattle, sizzle, rustle and 14 more...
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Curiosities
A Potpourri
progeny, ooh, meow, endearing, timepiece, touch of the crea..., meh, alarmist, taut, calligraphic, catchphrase, shinto and 6 more...
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Animal voices
wuff, snort, chirp, baa, moo, meow, oink, bark, woof, grr, purr, hiss and 24 more...
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Anything to do with cats
if you're a cat freak like i am - then this is the list for you
fur ball, i laughed, i cried, it was better tha..., T.S. Eliot, Memory, Andrew Lloyd Webber, feline, mew, Persian, purr, can opener and 19 more...
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Terry Cavanaugh's List of Words containing 'meow'
bilby Surely depends on the method of cat-whipping, no? Sep 28, 2011
yarb You're probably right. I prefer it with the 'r' though. Sep 28, 2011
sionnach Maybe so. Though I think there are several different versions in "Ulysses", mkgnao and mrkgnao being two of them. Sep 28, 2011
yarb Were you looking for mrkgnao, sionnach? Sep 28, 2011
sionnach Or, if you prefer the James Joyce version, mkgnao. Sep 28, 2011
zeke Sound made by a cat Sep 28, 2011