meow
noun
the characteristic sound a cat makes.
Example Sentences
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“I thought I heard a meow, and I thought my mind’s playing tricks on me so I hollered his name out, and he meowed again,” Gibson said.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 22, 2021
Throughout the summer, it stretched awake in the morning, meowed at passersby during rush hour and curled into a sleepy ball after midnight.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 3, 2021
Updike introduced the character of a cat that both meowed and talked, a charming role that Schuller assigned to a high soprano.
From New York Times ● Apr. 9, 2021
The class was finishing a tutorial begun the day before: how to build a simple app in which a button with a cat picture meowed when tapped.
From Slate ● Nov. 23, 2015
My hands were sweaty so I wiped them on my pants and went on: The next time she called Fluffy, Trotter winked at me and meowed back.
From "Doing Time Online" by Jan Siebold
