meow
Americannoun
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the characteristic sound a cat makes.
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a spiteful or catty remark.
verb (used without object)
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to make the sound of a cat.
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to make a spiteful or catty remark.
verb
interjection
Other Word Forms
Conjugated Forms
Present
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have meowedperfect
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has meowedperfect 3rd person singular
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am meowingprogressive 1st person singular
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is meowingprogressive 3rd person singular
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has been meowingperfect progressive 3rd person singular
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have been meowingperfect progressive
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are meowingprogressive
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meowingparticiple
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meowssingular 3rd person
Past
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had meowedperfect
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had been meowingperfect progressive
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were meowingprogressive plural
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meowedparticiple
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was meowingprogressive singular
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meowedsimple
Future
Etymology
Origin of meow
First recorded in 1870–75; imitative
Example Sentences
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“Pizza Pals Play Zone is super character dense,” says Han Sayles, Meow Wolf’s director of artist collaboration.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
When Meow Wolf’s Los Angeles location opens later this year, one of its biggest residents will be a 20-foot-tall, 1,000-pound amoeba-like creature named WoWoW.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
You can catch both Meow Wolf and Everything Is Terrible in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s Art Parade on June 20, marching in some of Maier’s 45 costumes from the N.E.S.T.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
Meow Wolf’s L.A. location will reimagine a ’90s movie theater with its takeover of the Cinemark at West L.A.’s Howard Hughes entertainment complex outside Culver City.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026
The mouth closed, another one opened, a cry came out of it, "Meow."
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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