different between yowl vs meow

English

Etymology

From Middle English yollen, past participle of yellen (“to yell”). More at yell, yollen.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?l

Noun

yowl (plural yowls)

1. A prolonged, loud cry, like the sound of an animal; a wail; a howl.

Translations

Verb

yowl (third-person singular simple present yowls, present participle yowling, simple past and past participle yowled)

1. (intransitive) Utter a yowl.
2. (transitive) Express by yowling; utter with a yowl.

Derived terms

• yowler

Translations

Anagrams

• Lowy, owly

English

Alternative forms

• meu
• mew
• miaow, miaou (UK)

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, with some spellings modelled on French miaou. Meow and its spelling variants entered widespread currency in the 19th century; before then, mew was more common.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /mi?a??/, /mja??/
• Rhymes: -a?

Interjection

meow

1. The cry of a cat.
2. Said in reply to a spiteful or catty comment.
3. Said to denote seductiveness, mimicking a growl.

Synonyms

• nyao

Translations

Noun

meow (plural meows)

1. The cry of a cat.
2. (Britain, slang, uncountable) The drug mephedrone.

   Synonyms: drone, meow meow

Derived terms

• cat’s meow
• meowless
• meowlike
• meowy

Translations

Verb

meow (third-person singular simple present meows, present participle meowing, simple past and past participle meowed)

1. (intransitive) Of a cat, to make its cry.

Synonyms

• mew

Translations