meow

• meu
• mew
• miaow, miaou (UK)

Onomatopoeic, with some spellings modelled on French miaou. Meow and its spelling variants entered widespread currency in the 19th century; before then, mew was more common.

• (US) IPA^(key): /miˈaʊ̯/, /mjaʊ̯/
• Rhymes: -aʊ

meow

1. The cry of a cat.
2. Said in reply to a spiteful or catty comment.
3. Said to denote seductiveness, mimicking a growl.

• nyao

meow (plural meows)

1. The cry of a cat.
2. (Britain, slang, uncountable) The drug mephedrone.

• cat’s meow
• meowy

meow (third-person singular simple present meows, present participle meowing, simple past and past participle meowed)

1. (intransitive) Of a cat, to make its cry.

• mew