miaow
/mɪˈaʊ
/(also meow)
noun
The characteristic crying sound of a cat: with a miaow the brown kitten jumped down...
- I suggested maybe a different sound like a meow or something.
- When he finally did, they were thrilled at the new wholeness of their apartment - until they realized, from the pathetic sound of her muted meows, that he'd sealed their cat inside the wall.
- She gets grumpy at me when I wake her or move her when she's sleeping, and she meows at me, but because she's a kitten, her meow is far from impressive, and she sounds like she's been smoking.
verb [no object]
(Of a cat) make a miaow: the cat miaowed again piteously...
- The cat meowed piteously and followed her throughout the room.
- Then it strikes him with astounding clarity that the reason the cat is miaowing and weaving around his legs is because it is hungry.
- Even then if Lucy doesn't move, the cats start meowing at about the same time, which then sets off Zippy the parrot, but for some reason everyone had a lie in this morning.
Origin
Early 17th century: imitative.