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also miaow
as in yowl
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Recent Examples of meow
Now safe, sleek and healthy, Toothless has blossomed into a happy, outgoing boy with soft fur and sweet meows.
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Maryanne Dell, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
After hearing desperate meows echoing from the drain, a 7-Eleven employee in Portsmouth, Virginia, contacted PETA for help.
—Ronnie Li, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Peanut reportedly enjoyed his time at the bar, interacting with guests and earning the nickname Screech for his distinctive meow.
—Michael Nied, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Sometimes when his mouth opens in a meow, little to no sound comes out.
—Tao Lin, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
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Maryanne Dell, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
After hearing desperate meows echoing from the drain, a 7-Eleven employee in Portsmouth, Virginia, contacted PETA for help.
—Ronnie Li, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Peanut reportedly enjoyed his time at the bar, interacting with guests and earning the nickname Screech for his distinctive meow.
—Michael Nied, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Sometimes when his mouth opens in a meow, little to no sound comes out.
—Tao Lin, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for meow
Noun
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At the time, the two girls were seen as rivals, with Debbie’s theatrical voice vs. Tiffany’s countrified yowl.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
14 Sep. 2025
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Squeeze the throttle pedal firmly to the carpet and the engine room answers with more forward thrust, the 9-speed kicking down several gears nearly instantly, and the car rushing onward with accompaniment of a classic but subtle straight six yowl.—
Mark Ewing,
Forbes.com,
2 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The picture, showing Prince Andrew with his arm around Virginia Giuffre (then Roberts) at what was said to be Ghislaine Maxwell’s mews house in London, has dogged Andrew ever since it was first published.—
Simon Perry,
PEOPLE,
13 Oct. 2025
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Social media has greatly intensified this process; peep a scene like phonk, which devolved from ‘90s Memphis rap homage to a sewage stream of electronic beats to lift weights and mew to.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
4 June 2025
Noun
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Their teeth are also capable of stripping bark off of trees, making ironwoods and palo verdes even more vulnerable to hungry herds.—
John Leos,
AZCentral.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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Grass growing up against tree trunks also potentially attracts pests like voles that may nibble on the apple tree bark.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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They are known to work in teams when hunting, and communicate with chirps, growls, whistles and body language.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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Today’s Wordle Etymology The word chirp comes from Middle English chirpen (also spelled chirpyn), which was an imitative verb formed to mimic the short, sharp sounds of small birds or insects.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Her bottom lip dropped and a tiny squeak emerged.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
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This isn’t like missing a 2-foot putt, or getting posterized, or letting a groundball squeak through your legs or blowing a tire on the ice.—
Zak Keefer,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
Noun
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So rang the delighted screech of a young Manchester United fan outside the Progress with Unity Stadium, an hour before United’s Women’s Champions League debut against Valarenga on Wednesday night.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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Things flash and roar and screech and skitter through the dark.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The parrot responded by barking, a real yip like a small dog.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
Noun
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According to outlets Airlive and Travel and Tour World, crews on board issued an emergency squawk code 7600.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
22 Sep. 2025
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Yet, leading up to the show, the squawks from the models sounded more like practical concerns than diva demands.—
Henry Alford,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Meow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meow. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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