"mwah" meaning in English

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Interjection

IPA: /mwɑː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /mwɑ/ [General-American], /ʘwʌ/ [Scotland] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mwah.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɑː Etymology: Onomatopoeic. From the sound made when kissing, or the sound of a fretless bass. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|en}} Onomatopoeic Head templates: {{en-interj}} mwah
  1. (often Internet slang) The sound of a kiss, to indicate blowing a kiss to someone. Tags: Internet, often Derived forms: mwah-mwah Coordinate_terms: air kiss, flying kiss Translations (sound of a kiss): mua (Chinese Mandarin), 麼麼噠 (Chinese Mandarin), 么么哒 (memedā) (Chinese Mandarin), 摸摸 (mōmō) (Chinese Mandarin), 親親 (Chinese Mandarin), 亲亲 (qīnqīn) (Chinese Mandarin), pusi (Finnish), muisku (Finnish), pciù (Italian), ちゅっ (chu') (Japanese), chuac (Portuguese), чмок (čmok) [masculine] (Russian), mucuk (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-mwah-en-intj-CqcZq9fC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mouah, muah, mwa, mwuah

Noun

IPA: /mwɑː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /mwɑ/ [General-American], /ʘwʌ/ [Scotland] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mwah.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɑː Etymology: Onomatopoeic. From the sound made when kissing, or the sound of a fretless bass. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|en}} Onomatopoeic Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: uncountable Related terms: mwah ha ha, mwha [South-Africa] Translations (sound of a fretless bass guitar): muaa (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-mwah-en-noun-ZaAiAbhF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mouah, muah, mwa, mwuah

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for mwah meaning in English (4.6kB)

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