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nee-naw en · INTJ

Meanings

  1. (British, childish, onomatopoeic) Imitating the two-tone siren on a vehicle used by emergency services.
    • Whenever an opponent went down, be it genuine or feigned, the West Ham faithful would simultaneously cry 'Nee-naw, nee-naw, nee-naw, nee-naw', mimicking the sound of an ambulance. 2004, Neil Humphreys, Notes from an Even Smaller Island:
    • If it had not been preceded by the nee-naw of fire engines it meant that no warning had been given. There would be casualties. 2001, Bernard MacLaverty, The Anatomy School:
    • Tom is in rapt communion with his police car, lying on his stomach, pushing it round and round, making nee-naw noises. 2007, Penelope Lively, Consequences:

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