Miaowings

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The soft, plaintive cries that cats make, heard as a series of distinct calls
2. Repeated high-pitched vocal sounds produced by cats, especially when they want attention
3. Sounds like the mewing calls of cats, occurring again and again in a sequence

Etymology: "Miaowings" is the plural of "miaowing," which is the noun form of "miaow," the imitative word for the cry of a cat. Because the word is simply the plural of a noun already covered by the base word's history, there is little more to trace here: the plural adds the usual "-s" to a form built on the sound itself. Each "miaowing" is one cry, so "miaowings" refers to several such cries heard together or over time.

Synonyms: meowings, mewings