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English
Noun - edit
cat (plural cats)
- (countable) A domesticated species of the feline species (Felis silvestris) commonly kept as a house pet.
- (countable) Any similar animal of the family Felidae,
which includes lions, tigers, etc.
- (countable) A catfish.
- (countable) A spiteful woman.
- (countable) An enthusiast or player of jazz
- (countable) A guy, fellow
- (countable) (nautical) A
strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the cathead
of a ship.
- (countable) (nautical)
Contraction of cat-o'-nine-tails. No room to swing
a cat.
- (countable) A sturdy merchant sailing vessel (now
only in catboat)
- (archaic) A mess of coarse meal and clay, placed in dove-cotes to allure strangers.
- (archaic) A ferret.
- (archaic) The trap of the game of Trap and Ball (also
called the game of Cat and Dog), or the game itself.
Verb - edit
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Infinitive
to cat
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Third person singular
cats
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Simple past
catted
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Past participle
catted
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Present participle
catting
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to cat (third-person
singular simple present cats, present
participle catting, simple past catted, past participle catted)
- (transitive)
(nautical) To hoist the
anchor
by its ring
so that it hangs at the cathead.
- (transitive)
to flog with a cat-o'-nine-tails.
- (transitive)
(slang) To vomit.
Idioms - edit
- a cat may look at a king
- all cats are grey in the dark, all cats are grey by night
- cat and mouse game
- cat got your tongue?
- fight like cats and dogs
- it would make a cat laugh
- lead a cat-and-dog life
- let the cat out of the bag
- like a cat on hot bricks
- like herding cats
- not enough room to swing a cat
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rain cats and dogs
the cat's meow
the cat's pyjamas/pajamas
there is more than one way to skin a cat
the cat's whiskers
wait for the cat to jump
when the cat's away the mice will play
nine lives of a cat
it's raining cats and dogs
curiosity killed the cat
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Related terms - edit
- alley cat
- African golden cat
- Andean cat
- Asiatic golden cat
- bay cat
- black-footed cat
- bobcat
- barn cat
- catbird
- cat-block
- cat-burglar
- catcall
- cat-eyed
- caterwaul
- cat-fish
- cat-footed
- catgut
- cat-harpin
- cathead, cat-head
- cat-house
- cat-ice
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- catkin
- cat-lap
- cat-lick
- catlike
- catling
- catmint
- cat-nap
- catnip
- cat o' nine tails
- cat's cradle
- cat's eye
- cat's meat
- cat's meow
- cat's pajamas, cat's pyjamas
- cat's paw
- cat state
- cat's-tail
- cat's whisker
- cat's whiskers
- cattish
- cattishness
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- cat-trap
- catty
- catwalk, cat-walk
- Chinese desert cat
- fat cat
- fishing cat
- flat-headed cat
- Geoffroy's cat
- jungle cat
- leopard cat
- little spotted cat
- marbled cat
- native cat
- Pallas cat
- pampas cat
- rusty-spotted cat
- sand cat
- tom cat, tomcat
- wildcat, wild cat
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