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meowlike

meowlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a meow.

Adjective

meowlike (comparative more meowlike, superlative most meowlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a meow.
    • The “cat” answers back with a meowlike “Yes.”1991, Peter Hedges, What's Eating Gilbert Grape; republished United States: RosettaBooks, 12 November 2014, →ISBN
    • The gray catbird belongs to the mockingbird family […]. They are named for their meowlike calls.2007 November 30, Leslie Day, Field Guide to the Natural World of New York City, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 216

Forms of meowlike

comparativemore meowlike
superlativemost meowlike

Origin of meowlike

From meow + -like.

Questions about meowlike

What does meowlike mean?
Meowlike means resembling or characteristic of a meow.
What part of speech is meowlike?
Meowlike is an adjective.

Words near meowlike in the dictionary

  1. meowingly
  2. meowings
  3. meowl
  4. meowled
  5. meowless
  6. meowlike
  7. meowling
  8. meowls
  9. meows
  10. meowy
  11. Meowzer

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