'CAT' definitions:
Definition of 'cat'
From: WordNet
noun
Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats [syn: cat, true cat]
noun
An informal term for a youth or man; "a nice guy"; "the guy's only doing it for some doll" [syn: guy, cat, hombre, bozo]
noun
A spiteful woman gossip; "what a cat she is!"
noun
The leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant; "in Yemen kat is used daily by 85% of adults" [syn: kat, khat, qat, quat, cat, Arabian tea, African tea]
noun
A whip with nine knotted cords; "British sailors feared the cat" [syn: cat-o'-nine-tails, cat]
noun
A large tracked vehicle that is propelled by two endless metal belts; frequently used for moving earth in construction and farm work [syn: Caterpillar, cat]
noun
Any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild [syn: big cat, cat]
noun
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 [syn: computerized tomography, computed tomography, CT, computerized axial tomography, computed axial tomography, CAT]
verb
Beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails
verb
Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night" [syn: vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up] [ant: keep down]
Definition of 'Cat'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'cat'
From: GCIDE
- cat \cat\ (k[a^]t), n. [AS. cat; akin to D. & Dan. kat, Sw. katt, Icel. k["o]ttr, G. katze, kater, Ir. cat, W. cath, Armor. kaz, LL. catus, Bisc. catua, NGr. ga`ta, ga`tos, Russ. & Pol. kot, Turk. kedi, Ar. qitt; of unknown origin. Cf. Kitten.]
- 1. (Zool.) Any animal belonging to the natural family Felidae, and in particular to the various species of the genera Felis, Panthera, and Lynx. The domestic cat is Felis domestica. The European wild cat ({Felis catus}) is much larger than the domestic cat. In the United States the name wild cat is commonly applied to the bay lynx (Lynx rufus). The larger felines, such as the lion, tiger, leopard, and cougar, are often referred to as cats, and sometimes as big cats. See Wild cat, and Tiger cat. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- Note: The domestic cat includes many varieties named from their place of origin or from some peculiarity; as, the Angora cat; the Maltese cat; the Manx cat; the Siamese cat. [1913 Webster]
- Laying aside their often rancorous debate over how best to preserve the Florida panther, state and federal wildlife officials, environmentalists, and independent scientists endorsed the proposal, and in 1995 the eight cats [female Texas cougars] were brought from Texas and released. . . . Uprooted from the arid hills of West Texas, three of the imports have died, but the remaining five adapted to swamp life and have each given birth to at least one litter of kittens. --Mark Derr (N. Y. Times, Nov. 2, 1999, Science Times p. F2). [PJC]
- Note: The word cat is also used to designate other animals, from some fancied resemblance; as, civet cat, fisher cat, catbird, catfish shark, sea cat. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Naut.) (a) A strong vessel with a narrow stern, projecting quarters, and deep waist. It is employed in the coal and timber trade. (b) A strong tackle used to draw an anchor up to the cathead of a ship. --Totten. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.), having six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever position it is placed. [1913 Webster]
- 4. An old game; specifically: (a) The game of tipcat and the implement with which it is played. See Tipcat. (b) A game of ball, called, according to the number of batters, one old cat, two old cat, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 5. same as cat o' nine tails; as, British sailors feared the cat. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
- 6. A catamaran. [PJC]
- Angora cat, blind cat, See under Angora, Blind.
- Black cat the fisher. See under Black.
- Cat and dog, like a cat and dog; quarrelsome; inharmonious. "I am sure we have lived a cat and dog life of it." --Coleridge.
- Cat block (Naut.), a heavy iron-strapped block with a large hook, part of the tackle used in drawing an anchor up to the cathead.
- Cat hook (Naut.), a strong hook attached to a cat block.
- Cat nap, a very short sleep. [Colloq.]
- Cat o' nine tails, an instrument of punishment consisting of nine pieces of knotted line or cord fastened to a handle; -- formerly used to flog offenders on the bare back.
- Cat's cradle, game played, esp. by children, with a string looped on the fingers so, as to resemble small cradle. The string is transferred from the fingers of one to those of another, at each transfer with a change of form. See Cratch, Cratch cradle.
- To bell the cat, to perform a very dangerous or very difficult task; -- taken metaphorically from a fable about a mouse who proposes to put a bell on a cat, so as to be able to hear the cat coming.
- To let the cat out of the bag, to tell a secret, carelessly or willfully. [Colloq.]
- Bush cat, the serval. See Serval. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'cat'
From: GCIDE
- Cat o' nine tails \Cat" o' nine" tails`\, cat-o'-nine-tails \cat"-o'-nine"-tails`\n.
- 1. a whip used as an instrument of punishment consisting of nine pieces of knotted line or cord fastened to a handle; -- formerly used to flog offenders on the bare back; -- called also the cat. It was used in the British Navy to maintain discipline on board sailing ships.
- Syn: cat. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] Catopter
Acronyms for 'CAT'
From: V.E.R.A.
- Cache Allocation Technology (Intel)
- Central Alaska Time [-1000] (TZ)
- Common Authentication Technology (IETF, RFC 1511)
- Computer Aided Technology (fair)
- Computer Aided Telephony
- Computer Aided Testing
- Condition Access Table (DVB)
Words containing 'CAT'
- Catted,
- Catting,
- cats,
- Angora cat,
- Bay cat,
- Black cat,
- Blind cat,
- Bush cat,
- Cat and dog,
- Cat block,
- Cat brier,
- Cat hook,
- Cat nap,
- Cat thyme,
- Cat's cradle,
- Electric cat,
- Hunting cat,
- Java cat,
- Jungle cat,
- Kilkenny cats,
- Leopard cat,
- Maltese cat,
- Manx cat,
- Mountain cat,
- Mud cat,
- Musk cat,
- Palm cat,
- Pampas cat,
- Panther cat,
- Persian cat,
- Sea cat,
- Siamese cat,
- Stone cat,
- Tiger cat,
- To bell the cat,
- To tear a cat,
- To whip the cat,
- Toddy cat,
- Tree cat,
- Wild cat,
- Yellow cat,
- abyssinian cat,
- alley cat,
- bear cat,
- bell the cat,
- big cat,
- blue cat,
- burmese cat,
- caffer cat,
- calico cat,
- cat and mouse,
- cat and rat,
- cat bear,
- cat box,
- cat burglar,
- cat cracker,
- cat fancier,
- cat flea,
- cat food,
- cat owl,
- cat rig,
- cat scan,
- cat scanner,
- cat shark,
- cat sleep,
- cat squirrel,
- cat suit,
- cat valium,
- cat's eye,
- cat's feet,
- cat's foot,
- channel cat,
- cheshire cat,
- civet cat,
- copy cat,
- domestic cat,
- egyptian cat,
- fat cat,
- fisher cat,
- flying cat,
- fossa cat,
- fraidy cat,
- house cat,
- jaguarundi cat,
- madagascar cat,
- margay cat,
- marten cat,
- miner's cat,
- native cat,
- pallas's cat,
- pussy cat,
- sand cat,
- scaredy cat,
- serval cat,
- straw cat,
- tabby cat,
- true cat,
- Cat's-eye,
- Cat's-foot,
- Cat's-paw,
- Cat's-tail,
- Cat-eyed,
- Cat-harpin,
- Cat-harping,
- Cat-hole,
- Cat-rigged,
- Cat-salt,
- Cat-silver,
- Cat-tail,
- Gib-cat,
- Hell-cat,
- Tib-cat,
- To let the cat out of the bag,
- Wild-cat,
- blue channel cat,
- cat scratch disease,
- cat's-claw,
- cat's-ear,
- cat-a-mountain,
- elegant cat's ears,
- kitty-cat,
- let the cat out of the bag,
- rain cats and dogs,
- sno-cat,
- tortoiseshell-cat,
- Cat o' nine tails,
- Ring-tailed cat,
- cat's-tail grass,
- duck-billed cat,
- lesser cat-tail,
- long-tailed cat,
- meadow cat's-tail grass,
- cat-o'-nine-tails