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me⋅ow

  [mee-ou, myou]
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–noun
1. the characteristic sound a cat makes.
2. a spiteful or catty remark.
–verb (used without object)
3. to make the sound of a cat.
4. to make a spiteful or catty remark.
Also, miaow, miaou, miaul.

Origin:
1870–75; imit.

mi⋅aow

  [mee-ou, myou]
–noun, verb (used without object)
meow.
Also, mi⋅aou, mi⋅aul  [mee-oul, mee-awl] .
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Word Origin & History

meow 
1873, earlier miaow, also miau (1634), meaw (1632). Of imitative origin, cf. Fr. miaou, Ger. miauen, Pers. maw, Japanese nya nya, Ar. nau-nau. In Chinese, miau means "cat."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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