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mew

UK/mjuː/ US/ˈmjʊu̯/ uncommon archaic obsolete slang
verb (2) noun (2)

verb

1.

cry like a cat

  • “the cat meowed”
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2.

utter a high-pitched cry, as of seagulls

noun

1.

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

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2.

Origin

From Middle English mewe, mowe, meau, from Old English mǣw (“seagull”), from Proto-West Germanic *maiwī, from Proto-Germanic *mai(h)waz (“seagull”). See also West Frisian meau, miuw, Dutch meeuw, German Möwe (whence Polish mewa); akin to Latvian maût (“to roar”), Old Church Slavonic мꙑꙗти (myjati, “to mew”).

Phrases

  • mew up
  • snow mew

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