mewl

English

Pronunciation

• (Canada, UK) IPA: /ˈmjuːl/, SAMPA: /"mju:l/

Verb

mewl (third-person singular simple present mewls, present participle mewling, simple past and past participle mewled)

1. (Can we clean up⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) to whimper or cry weakly
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, As You Like It

     And one man in his time plays many parts, / His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, / Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms; / Then the whining school-boy, ...

   • 1844, Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit

     You're a pretty clog to be tied to a man for life, you mewling, white-faced cat!