miaul
/mɪˈɔːl
/verb [no object] rare
(Of a cat) miaow: cats call to cats and toms miaul to toms...
- 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.
- Because she knew Marco was in the cellar, she felt she had a friend who would assist her, and she miauled appealingly.
Origin
Mid 17th century: from French miauler, of imitative origin.