meemaw verb 1noun 1forms 3 verb1 •(dialect, UK) To mouth words so that they can be heard over noise (or later so that they cannot be overheard), originally in the cotton industry of Lancashire.On working days weavers who had jobs were already meemawing across the racket of looms as the van delivered and in hot weather, with weaving shed doors open, the sound bombarded the streets. — 2011 noun1 •(dialect, US) Synonym of mamaw (“grandmother”). formsmeemawed · meemawing · meemaws
