mwah

English

Alternative forms

• mwa
• muah

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. From the sound made when kissing, or the sound of a fretless bass.

Pronunciation

• enPR: mwä
• IPA^(key): /mwɑː/
• IPA^(key): /mwɑ/
• Rhymes: -ɑː

Interjection

mwah

1. The sound of a kiss to indicate sending a kiss through the air to someone, as frequently used in email, chat and text messages.

   Thanks guys. 3 kisses for you all: mwah mwah mwah!

Coordinate terms

• air kiss
• flying kiss

Derived terms

• mwah-mwah

Translations

sound of a kiss

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: mua, 麼麼噠／么么哒 (memedā), 么么哒 (memedā), 摸摸 (mōmō), 親親／亲亲 (zh) (qīnqīn), 亲亲 (zh) (qīnqīn)

• Finnish: pusi (fi), muisku
• French: please add this translation if you can
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• Italian: pciù
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
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Noun

mwah (uncountable)

1. The hallmark sound of a fretless bass guitar played with a certain technique, where treble frequencies increase gradually after the attack.

   Play it again, but with more mwah this time.

Translations

sound of a fretless bass guitar

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

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• Finnish: muaa
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can

See also

• mwah ha ha
• mwha (South Africa)

Anagrams

• hawm, wham