cat's meow
A self-satisfied person.
meow
/miˈaʊ/
intj 3noun 2verb 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
shrill
VERB + MEOW
breathing, cannot, compels, don't, go, goes, heard, named
MEOW + NOUN
cat, cock-a-doodle-doo, cow, night, woof
PREP.
after, in, through
ADV.
finally, usually
Definitions
intj
1
Used to indicate the cry of a cat.
“The last thing they had seen in 2012 before that break was a short from Simon’s Cat called ‘Cat Man Do,’” said Lamothe. “When you leave 800 people in the dark, they will do something. That’s what Fantasia is. But because they had just seen that cat go meow, they meowed.”
2
Used in reply to a spiteful or catty comment.
3
Used to express seductiveness, mimicking a growl.
noun
1
The cry of a cat.
A cat’s meow and a cow’s moo, I can recite them all / Just tell me where it hurts you, honey
It’s from within that breathing room the meow finally emerged. […] These days every Fantasia screening begins with a cacophony of meows — timed by the audience to start and stop at black leader.
2
The drug mephedrone.
verb
1
Of a cat, to make its cry.
“The last thing they had seen in 2012 before that break was a short from Simon’s Cat called ‘Cat Man Do,’” said Lamothe. “When you leave 800 people in the dark, they will do something. That’s what Fantasia is. But because they had just seen that cat go meow, they meowed.”
The cat meows at me and bird-watches by the window facing the street. Sometimes I bird-watch with him because the older I get, the more interested I get in birds lol.
Thesaurus
Idioms & Phrases
dogs bark, cats meow
Used to introduce something seen as inevitable or totally commonplace.
One of the world's hardest tasks is to convince innocent, liberal minded Christians, intellectuals and opinion-makers in the mass-communication media that Communists mean just what
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“The last thing they had seen in 2012 before that break was a short from Simon’s Cat called ‘Cat Man Do,’” said Lamothe. “When you leave 800 people in the dark, they will do something. That’s what Fan
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A cat’s meow and a cow’s moo, I can recite them all / Just tell me where it hurts you, honey
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It’s from within that breathing room the meow finally emerged. […] These days every Fantasia screening begins with a cacophony of meows — timed by the audience to start and stop at black leader.
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“The last thing they had seen in 2012 before that break was a short from Simon’s Cat called ‘Cat Man Do,’” said Lamothe. “When you leave 800 people in the dark, they will do something. That’s what Fan
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The cat meows at me and bird-watches by the window facing the street. Sometimes I bird-watch with him because the older I get, the more interested I get in birds lol.
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Cats go "meow, meow."
Tatoeba · #282037Usage Notes
i Register
In some senses, meow is marked as slang, colloquial, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.
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