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miaul (iou)



miaul verb. M17.
[French miauler, of imit. origin.]
verb intrans. Of a cat: miaow, mew, yowl. Of a person: cry or yowl like a cat. M17.
Punch Like the bursting of atomic bombs, Cats call to cats and Toms miaul to Toms.
verb trans. Sing (a song etc.) in a manner derisively likened to the cry of a cat. M19.
G. Meredith The boy..concluded by miauling 'Amalia' in the triumph of contempt.