meow

Interjection

1. Used to indicate the cry of a cat.
   • “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, they meowed.”2024 January 8, Alison Foreman, “Why Do Audiences at Fantasia Fest … Meow?”, in IndieWire

   Synonyms:

   mew, miaow, nya, nyaa, nyan, nyao

2. (colloquial) Used in reply to a spiteful or catty comment.

   Synonyms:

   handbags

3. (colloquial) Used to express seductiveness, mimicking a growl.

Noun

meow (countable and uncountable, plural meows)

1. (countable) The cry of a cat.
   • A cat’s meow and a cow’s moo, I can recite them all / Just tell me where it hurts you, honey1968, Bob Dylan, “Quinn the Eskimo”
   • It’s from within that breathing room the meow finally emerged. […] These days every Fantasia screening begins with a cacophony of meows — timed by the audience to start and stop at black leader.2024 January 8, Alison Foreman, “Why Do Audiences at Fantasia Fest … Meow?”, in IndieWire
2. (UK, slang, uncountable) The drug mephedrone.

   Synonyms:

   drone, meow meow

Verb

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.
   • “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, they meowed.”2024 January 8, Alison Foreman, “Why Do Audiences at Fantasia Fest … Meow?”, in IndieWire
   • The cat meows 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.2024 May 8, R29 Team, “A Week In Boston On An $81,000 Salary”, in Refinery29

   Synonyms:

   mew, miaow