cat's meow

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English

Pronunciation

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  • While "meow" is often pronounced in one syllable /mjaʊ̯/, in this phrase it is almost always pronounced in two syllables /miˈaʊ̯/.
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Noun

cat's meow

  1. (idiomatic, dated) A self-satisfied person.
  2. (idiomatic) A highly sought-after and fancy example of something.[1]
    That new car was really the cat's meow.

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ New York Times, August 6, 1922: "The flapper tells her "cakie" that a Chauve Souris sundae is "just the cat's meow"."
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