How to pronounce mewl

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What mewl means

verb

To cry weakly in a thin, high voice

In a sentence: The hungry kitten mewled by the back door until we fed it.

Where it comes from: It was in use by 1599 or earlier, and Shakespeare apparently gave it this spelling. It perhaps comes from an old word meaning "to whimper."

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