ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Mee-maw

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Mee-maw is a noun meaning (informal) Alternative form of meemaw, i.e. mamaw (grandmother).

Meaning

(informal) Alternative form of meemaw, i.e. mamaw (grandmother).

To silently make exaggerated movements with the mouth so as to be understood in environment with loud noise, such as that of machinery.
An exaggerated mouthing of a word.
A meaningless utterance.
(Scotland, slang) A policeman.
The two-tone wailing of a siren.
To make the two-syllable wailing noise of a siren.

Well, sometimes mee-maws have things to do, like moms and little girls.

Hang you, sir," retorted Pengraig, " you make me mad with your mee-maws and your prickings of him.

Bill, who had nudged the other customer out of the shop and locked the door, mee-mawed at him to wait.

As the siren screamed it added to the mee-maws, sirens and cacophony of emergency vehicles rushing to the Hyde Park disaster site.

Related dictionary entries include memaw, meaw, molrow, meeow, meaow, meou.

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