Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to mee-maw
Participle: mee-mawed
Gerund: mee-mawing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | mee-maw |
| you | mee-maw |
| he;she;it | mee-maws |
| we | mee-maw |
| you | mee-maw |
| they | mee-maw |
Perfect
| I | have mee-mawed |
| you | have mee-mawed |
| he;she;it | has mee-mawed |
| we | have mee-mawed |
| you | have mee-mawed |
| they | have mee-mawed |
Past
| I | mee-mawed |
| you | mee-mawed |
| he;she;it | mee-mawed |
| we | mee-mawed |
| you | mee-mawed |
| they | mee-mawed |
Pluperfect
| I | had mee-mawed |
| you | had mee-mawed |
| he;she;it | had mee-mawed |
| we | had mee-mawed |
| you | had mee-mawed |
| they | had mee-mawed |
Future
| I | will mee-maw |
| you | will mee-maw |
| he;she;it | will mee-maw |
| we | will mee-maw |
| you | will mee-maw |
| they | will mee-maw |
Future Perfect
| I | will have mee-mawed |
| you | will have mee-mawed |
| he;she;it | will have mee-mawed |
| we | will have mee-mawed |
| you | will have mee-mawed |
| they | will have mee-mawed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | mee-maw |
| you | mee-maw |
| he;she;it | mee-maw |
| we | mee-maw |
| you | mee-maw |
| they | mee-maw |
Perfect
| I | have mee-mawed |
| you | have mee-mawed |
| he;she;it | have mee-mawed |
| we | have mee-mawed |
| you | have mee-mawed |
| they | have mee-mawed |
Imperfect
| I | mee-mawed |
| you | mee-mawed |
| he;she;it | mee-mawed |
| we | mee-mawed |
| you | mee-mawed |
| they | mee-mawed |
Pluperfect
| I | had mee-mawed |
| you | had mee-mawed |
| he;she;it | had mee-mawed |
| we | had mee-mawed |
| you | had mee-mawed |
| they | had mee-mawed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would mee-maw |
| you | would mee-maw |
| he;she;it | would mee-maw |
| we | would mee-maw |
| you | would mee-maw |
| they | would mee-maw |
Perfect
| I | would have mee-mawed |
| you | would have mee-mawed |
| he;she;it | would have mee-mawed |
| we | would have mee-mawed |
| you | would have mee-mawed |
| they | would have mee-mawed |
Imperative
| you | mee-maw |
| we | Let's mee-maw |
| you | mee-maw |
Verbs conjugated like 'mee-maw'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'mee-maw'
meemaw,
hee-haw,
memaw,
see-saw,
yee-haw,
geo-map,
heehaw,
mau-mau,
meaw,
min-max,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
See meemaw (“to mouth”).
Sample Sentences
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So we walked round and mee-mawed at one another. (Mee-mawing is mouthing words at each other without making a sound using exaggerated lip movements. This is the name the weavers, who use this technique all the time, give to it.) [2009, Stanley Graham, Brown and Pickles, →ISBN, page 290:]
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On working days weavers who had jobs were already mee-mawing across the racket of looms as the van delivered and in hot weather, with weaving shed doors open, the sound bombarded the streets. [2011, Ernest Dewhurst, A Pennine Childhood, →ISBN:]
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If you're familiar with Les Dawson's infamous creation Ada Shufflebotham, one of the Northern housewives in the 'Cissie and Ada sketches, you'll have an idea who Gran was. Just like Ada, she pursed her lips and silently mouthed the unmentionable things in life, rather than saying them out loud. This was known as 'mee-mawing' and it originiated among the mill workers of Lancashier, because they couldn't be heard above the deafening noise of the looms, even when they shouted. After a while, mee-mawing became a part of daily life, especially when it came to discussing embarrassing or saucy topics. Basically, you mee-mawed anything you didn't want people to overhear, even when there was no one around to listen in. [2013, Lisa Riley, Never Judge a Book by its Cover: The Autobiography, →ISBN:]
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Bill, who had nudged the other customer out of the shop and locked the door, mee-mawed at him to wait. [2013, Nick Oldham, Critical Threat, →ISBN:]