miaul

English

Alternative forms

meowl

Etymology

Compare French miauler, of imitative origin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmjaʊl/, /miːˈaʊl/
Rhymes: -aʊl, -iːaʊl

Noun

miaul (plural miauls)

(dated) The cry of a cat.

Synonyms

miaow, meow

Verb

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

(intransitive, dated) To give the cry of a cat.
- 1822, [Walter Scott], The Pirate. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC:
  "or Lady Penelope is miauling like a starved cat !"

Synonyms

miaow, meow

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “miaul”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

Umali, aumil, lumia, mulai

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