mwah

English

Alternative forms

• mouah, muah, mwa, mwuah

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mwɑː/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /mwɑ/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ʘwʌ/
• Rhymes: -ɑː

Interjection

mwah

1. (often Internet slang) The sound of a kiss, to indicate blowing a kiss to someone.

   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 (zh) (memedā), 摸摸 (mōmō), 親親／亲亲 (zh) (qīnqīn)

• Finnish: pusi (fi), muisku
• French: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: pciù
• Japanese: ちゅっ (chu')
• Portuguese: chuac
• Russian: чмок (ru) m (čmok)
• Turkish: mucuk (tr)

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

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

See also

• mwah ha ha
• mwha (South Africa)

Anagrams

• hawm, wham

Dutch

Interjection

mwah

1. meh