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Meanings of miaul in English

Portuguese
miado
Catalan
marrameu
Spanish
miau

The sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this)

        miado
        Synonyms
        Examples for "mew"
        Examples for "mew"
        1
        I lie in bed waiting for the next mew, all worked up.
        Something New
        2
        The kitten stirred in her hands and let out a weak mew.
        The spurned viscountess
        3
        A loud mew from the backseat startled me out of my thoughts.
        Songs of love and death: all-original tales of star-crossed love
        4
        At ten precisely it was heard to mew and was immediately admitted.
        Clara Hopgood
        5
        But it looks pretty large for a kitten, and it doesn't mew.
        The Japanese Twins
        1
        Mister let out a harsh, worried meow, and I froze in place.
        Changes
        2
        She wriggled her way down the narrow, womblike passageway toward Knot's meow.
        The Secret of the Dread Forest: The Faire Folk Trilogy
        3
        No answering meow and no furry white face appearing around a corner.
        Death du Jour
        4
        Her frustration came out in the form of a plaintive meow.
        The Dreaming Place
        5
        She heard a meow ahead and, relieved, entered the next chamber.
        The Secret of the Dread Forest: The Faire Folk Trilogy
        1
        Upon the music came the sudden unearthly miaow of a cat.
        The Spanish Chest
        2
        A cat vibratoed a miaow and rubbed itself against his legs.
        Lockdown
        3
        Vets say he has a 80 per cent chance of being able to miaow again.
        The Irish Times
        4
        She opened her mouth in a silent miaow; her flashing incisors didn't look too romantic.
        The Irish Times
        5
        There was quite a miaow factor at court.
        The Guardian
        1
        The boys and girls, in turn, come to the other side of the door and call out "miaou."
        My Book of Indoor Games
        2
        And the mouse increased till it became a cat and said, Miaou!
        The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume I
        3
        At the sound of his voice the cat gave a loud "Miaou!"
        John of the Woods
        Usage of miaul in English
        1
        The startled animal uttered a 'miaul' of alarm and darted back again, making a horrible rustling.
        London to Ladysmith via Pretoria
        2
        And directly there were five Black Cats spitting and miauling.
        The Children's Book of Christmas Stories
        3
        He concluded by miauling 'Amalia' in the triumph of contempt.
        Vittoria — Volume 2
        4
        Let him try his hoarse miauling in all possible keys!
        Barks and Purrs
        5
        But there's no organization-it'sonly blind kittens miauling.
        The Landloper: The Romance of a Man on Foot
        6
        Giacomo set Amalia to a miauling tune.
        Vittoria — Volume 2
        7
        'Ah, well, you've a right to talk; you don't run miauling about women.
        Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Volume 3
        Translations for miaul
        Portuguese
        miadomiau
        Spanish
        miau
        Miaul through the time