Cat - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |kæt|  American pronunciation of the word cat
Brit.  |kæt|  British pronunciation of the word cat

noun

- feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
- an informal term for a youth or man (syn: bozo, guy, sod)
- a spiteful woman gossip
what a cat she is!
- the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant
- a whip with nine knotted cords
British sailors feared the cat
- a large tracked vehicle that is propelled by two endless metal belts; frequently used for moving earth in construction and farm work (syn: caterpillar)
- any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild
- a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans along a single axis

verb

- beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails
- eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth (syn: barf, cast, chuck, disgorge, honk, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit)

Extra examples

I have two dogs and a cat.

...the family's cat did an exemplary job of keeping the house and yard free of all rodents...

A young cat is a kitten.

The cats saw I had an ally, and melted.

British sailors feared the cat

Word forms

noun
singular: cat
plural: cats
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