Cat

/ˈkat/ · noun

Meaning

Terms relating to animals..

Definitions by Sense

1. Terms relating to animals.
2. (countable, figurative) Terms relating to people.
3. (by extension) Terms relating to things.
4. Terms relating to things.
5. (nautical, transitive) To hoist (an anchor) by its ring so that it hangs at the cathead.
6. (nautical, transitive) To flog with a cat-o'-nine-tails.
7. (slang, now rare) To vomit.
8. To go wandering at night.

Example Sentences

The anchors were catted at the bows of the yacht […]

‘He's going to cat, Maxim,’ said the Pussum warningly. The suave young Russian rose and took Halliday by the arm, leading him away.

"He doesn't realize that I know," Lord Callan said, "but it's been pretty obvious that most of his catting about London's darker alleys has been a search for his origins.

This was going to be my first try at catting out. I went looking for somebody to cat with me.

My own dear wife could have tended to his needs if she hadn't been out catting.

Men from young to middleaged, with matt faces, vivacious and brightly dressed, catted together in gay groups.

They smiled, touched, rolled their eyes and raised their eyebrows, as they relived the audition and catted about some of their competition.

In the story, Lady Ina gossiped and catted about a parade of the rich and famous—Jackie Kennedy looking like an exaggerated version of herself, Princess Margaret so boring she made people fall asleep, Gloria Vanderbilt so ditzy she didn't recognize her first husband.

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Word Forms

• cats
• catte
• catting
• catted

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