meow

Plural: meows

Noun

the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this)
The cry of a cat.
The drug mephedrone.

Verb

Verb Forms: meowed, meowing, meows

To make the characteristic crying sound of a cat.
cry like a cat
- "the cat meowed"
Of a cat, to make its cry.

Intj

Used to indicate the cry of a cat.
Used in reply to a spiteful or catty comment.
Used to express seductiveness, mimicking a growl.

Examples

My cat would MEOW incessantly if I spent all day playing Scrabble.

Origin / Etymology

Alteration of earlier mew, from Middle English mewen, mouwen (“to mew, meow”), of onomatopoeic origin.
Compare Saterland Frisian mauje, miauje (“to meow”), West Frisian miaukje (“to meow”), Dutch miauwen (“to meow”), Middle Low German mauwen, mawen, mouwen (“to meow”) (whence modern German Low German mauen, miauen (“to meow”)), Middle High German mouen, modern German miauen (“to meow”). Some spellings were modelled on French miaou.
Meow and its spelling variants entered widespread currency in the 19th century, mostly replacing mew, possibly because phonetic change meant that word had ceased to approximate a cat's cry (contrast the pronunciation of Middle English mewen /ˈmɛu̯ən/ compared to modern /ˈmjuː/).

Synonyms

mew, miaou, miaow, miaul, drone, meow meow, nya, nyaa, nyan, nyao

Scrabble Score: 9

meow: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
meow: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
meow: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

meow: valid Words With Friends Word