Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dogs bark, cats meow

/dɔɡz ˈbɑɹk | kæts miˈaʊ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.15 in modern English

Syllables: dogs bark, -cat-s me-ow
IPA: /dɔɡz ˈbɑɹk | kæts miˈaʊ/

31

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

Used to introduce something seen as inevitable or totally commonplace.

Humorous; Informal

Example Sentences

"One of the world's hardest tasks is to convince innocent, liberal minded Christians, intellectuals and opinion-makers in the mass-communication media that Communists mean just what they say. They believe airplanes fly, boats sail, dogs bark, cats meow and rain falls … but after reading documents like the above, somehow they manage to put on rose colored glasses and parrot half truths like "there is freedom of religion in Communist countries, churches are free from government control, all is sweetness and light.""
"He's surprised to learn she knows he drinks too much. "It's in the Met Centre facts of life file," she says; "dogs bark, cats meow and Stenning drinks.""
"You know what they say: dogs bark, cats meow, and sinners sin. Sinning comes natural to us. That's why we are in constant war with our flesh."

Etymology

From dogs + bark (verb) + cats + meow (verb).

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /dɔɡz ˈbɑɹk | kæts miˈaʊ/
British English: /dɒɡz ˈbɑːk | kæts miˈaʊ/

Usage

Phrases

a barking dog never bites a barking dog seldom bites barking dogs never bite barking dogs seldom bite cat's meow the dogs bark, but the caravan goes on does a bear shit in the woods fork found in kitchen

Frequently Paired Words

a barking dog never bites a barking dog seldom bites barking dogs never bite barking dogs seldom bite cat's meow the dogs bark, but the caravan goes on does a bear shit in the woods fork found in kitchen

Questions

How do you pronounce dogs bark, cats meow?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɔɡz ˈbɑɹk | kæts miˈaʊ/.
What does dogs bark, cats meow mean?: Used to introduce something seen as inevitable or totally commonplace.
Where does dogs bark, cats meow come from?: From dogs + bark (verb) + cats + meow (verb).

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