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Definition of miaul in English: miaulverb mɪˈɔːl [no object]rare (of a cat) miaow. 〈罕〉(猫)咪咪叫,喵喵叫 cats call to cats and toms miaul to toms Example sentencesExamples - Because she knew Marco was in the cellar, she felt she had a friend who would assist her, and she miauled appealingly.
- Black preferred hunting at nightfall; but if, during the day, when crouching at his gate-post stropping his claws, he observed Tiny walking about miauling and crying, he knew at once he must get away as early as possible: it would rain that night.
- Even a child knows the difference of a cat's miauling and purring.
- Yes it sounds so good but if it miauls loudly and continuously, then the same sound goes irritating.
- One hundred and twenty-five Black Cats had seemed to fill the Wise Woman's hut full, and when they all spit and miauled together it was dreadful.
OriginMid 17th century: from French miauler, of imitative origin. Rhymesall, appal (US appall), awl, Bacall, ball, bawl, befall, Bengal, brawl, call, caul, crawl, Donegal, drawl, drywall, enthral (US enthrall), fall, forestall, gall, Galle, Gaul, hall, haul, maul, miscall, Montreal, Naipaul, Nepal, orle, pall, Paul, pawl, Saul, schorl, scrawl, seawall, Senegal, shawl, small, sprawl, squall, stall, stonewall, tall, thrall, trawl, wall, waul, wherewithal, withal, yawl |