miaul
/ˈmjaʊl/
miaul noun: the cry of a cat.
Noun
miaul (plural miauls)
- The cry of a cat.
Verb
miaul (third-person singular simple present miauls, present participle miauling, simple past and past participle miauled)
- To give the cry of a cat.
- "or Lady Penelope is miauling like a starved cat !"1822, [Walter Scott], The Pirate. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC
- It was quite an expedition that Ida met, a kind of elfin's rout it looked in the moonlight, children and animals and a fairy-like presence with a face like a moon-lily, all scampering and squealing and whoofing and miauling in a merry game they were making of their progress.1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 291
Synonyms of miaul
Forms of miaul
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | miauls |
| alternative form | meowl |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | miauls |
| present participle | miauling |
| past participle | miauled |
| past | miauled |
Origin of miaul
Compare French miauler, of imitative origin.
Words that rhyme with miaul
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Questions about miaul
- What does miaul mean?
- Miaul means the cry of a cat.
- What part of speech is miaul?
- Miaul can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce miaul?
- Miaul is pronounced /ˈmjaʊl/.
- What is the plural of miaul?
- The plural of miaul is miauls.
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