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miauling

miauling is the present participle and gerund of miaul.

Meaning of miaul

Verb

miaul (third-person singular simple present miauls, present participle miauling, simple past and past participle miauled)

  1. (dated, intransitive) 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

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Noun

miauling (plural miaulings)

  1. (dated) The cry of a cat.
    • Presently they were aware of the cry of a Cat, and its miaulings; and the patch of red unguent on the floor parted and they beheld a tawny Cat with an arched back.1856, George Meredith, The Shaving of Shagpat

Forms of miauling

pluralmiaulings

Questions about miauling

What does miauling mean?
Miauling means the cry of a cat.
What is miauling the present participle and gerund of?
Miauling is the present participle and gerund of miaul.
What part of speech is miauling?
Miauling is a noun.
What is the plural of miauling?
The plural of miauling is miaulings.

Words near miauling in the dictionary

  1. miassite
  2. MIATA
  3. miau
  4. miaul
  5. miauled
  6. miauling
  7. miaulings
  8. miauls
  9. mib
  10. MiB/s
  11. MIBC

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