verb
- to make the characteristic crying sound of a cat; to cry or wail
noun
- the cry or sound made by a cat; a wailing cry
Examples
- The cat miauls loudly whenever it wants food.
- She heard the miauls of stray cats outside her window at night.
- The kitten miauls pitifully when separated from its mother.
- His complaints sounded like the miauls of an angry cat.
- The old tom miauls constantly during mating season.
- The baby's cries resembled the miauls of a distressed animal.