see|Cat|CAT
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Image:Cat03.jpg|thumb|A domestic cat (1)

Etymology 1
OE. term|catt m, term|catte f, from Germanic *term||kattuz, from LL. term|cattus; reinforced during Middle English by Old North French term|cat, a variation of Old (and modern) French term|chat|langfr, also from Late L. term|cattus. Cognate with Dutch term|kat, German term|Katze, French term|chat|langfr and Spanish and Portuguese term|gato.

Noun
en-noun

1. countable A domesticated species ib|Felis silvestris of feline animal commonly kept as a house pet.
2. countable Any similar animal of the family Felidae, which includes lions, tigers, etc.
3. countable A catfish.
4. countable A spiteful or angry woman.
5. context|nautical|countable A strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the cathead of a ship.
6. context|nautical|countable Contraction of cat-o'-nine-tails.

#: No room to swing a cat.

1. countable An enthusiast or player of jazz
2. context|slang|countable A person (usually male); dude (in its non-derogatory senses), guy, fella
3. context|archaic|countable A sturdy merchant sailing vessel i|now only in �catboat�
4. archaic The game of "trap and ball" (also called "cat and dog")
5. archaic The trap of the game of "trap and ball".

Synonyms
sense|any member of Felidae feline
sense|domestic species housecat
sense|man qualifier|UK bloke, qualifier|British chap, qualifier|UK cove, dude, fellow, guy
sense|spiteful woman bitch

Derived terms
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a cat may look at a king
all cats are grey in the dark, all cats are grey by night
alley cat
African golden cat
Andean cat
Asiatic golden cat
bay cat
black-footed cat
bobcat
barn cat
cat-and-mouse game
catbird
cat-block
cat-burglar
catcall
cat-eyed
caterwaul
catfish
cat-footed
cat got your tongue?
catgut
cat-harpin
cathead, cat-head
cat-house
cat-ice
catkin
cat-lap
cat-lick
catlike
catling
catmint
cat-nap
catnip
cat o' nine tails|cat o� nine tails
cat's cradle|cat�s cradle
cat's eye|cat�s eye
cat's meat|cat�s meat
the cat's meow|cat�s meow
the cat's pajamas|cat�s pajamas, the cat's pyjamas|cat�s pyjamas
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cat's paw|cat�s paw
cat state
cat's-tail|cat�s-tail
cat's whisker|cat�s whisker
the cat's whiskers|cat�s whiskers<!--excellent, outstanding-->
cattish
<!--derived from "cattish": *cattishness-->
cat-trap
catty
catwalk, cat-walk
Chinese desert cat
curiosity killed the cat
fat cat
fight like cats and dogs<!-- ~ To fight vigorously without weapons, often used about children (The children fought like cats and dogs over who would get the biggest piece of cake.)-->
fishing cat
flat-headed cat
Geoffroy's cat
<!--inflection of "rain cats and dogs": *it's raining cats and dogs-->
it would make a cat laugh
jungle cat
lead a cat-and-dog life
leopard cat
let the cat out of the bag<!-- ~ To divulge a piece of hitherto hidden information (It would have been a real surprise party, but Mary let the cat out of the bag.)-->
like a cat on hot bricks
like herding cats
like the cat that got the cream
little spotted cat
marbled cat
native cat
<!--not idiomatic: *nine lives of a cat-->
not enough room to swing a cat
Pallas cat
pampas cat
rain cats and dogs
rusty-spotted cat
sand cat
<!--phrases beginning "the cat's ..." are listed above with terms beginning with "C" above-->
there is more than one way to skin a cat, there's more than one way to skin a cat
tom cat, tomcat
wait for the cat to jump
wildcat, wild cat
when the cat's away the mice will play
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Seri: miist, ziix canaao, ziix ihamoc ano catax
Slovak: t-|sk|ma�ka|f
Slovene: t|sl|ma�ek|m, t+|sl|ma�ka|f
Spanish: t+|es|gato|m, t+|es|gata|f
Swahili: paka (nc 9/10)
Swedish: t+|sv|katt|c
Tagalog: pusa
Thai: THchar|�มว (maew)
Torres Strait Creole: pusiket
Turkish: kedi :tr:kedi|^, pisi (now obsolete)
Ukrainian: к��, к��ка (kit, kiška)
Vietnamese: (con) mèo
Wik-Mungkan: ku'waak
Yiddish: ק�ץ (kats) f
Yindjibarndi: buthi
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Slovak: t-|sk|ma�ka|f
Slovene: t+|sl|ma�ka|f
Spanish: t-|es|felino|m, t-|es|felina|f
Swedish: t-|sv|kattdjur|n
Telugu: పిల�లి, మార��ాలమ�
Thai: THchar|�มว (maew)
Turkish: t+|tr|kedi
Turkmen: t|tk|pi�ik|xs=Turkmen
Tz'utujil: mix, sya
Urdu: URchar|ب��
Vietnamese: t+|vi|mèo|xs=Vietnamese
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trans-top|catfish
See catfish
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trans-top|spiteful woman
See bitch
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trans-top|jazz enthusiast
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trans-top|guy, fellow
Danish: t-|da|fyr
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trans-top|strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the cathead of a ship
Danish: t+|da|kat, t|da|ankerkat
Finnish: t-|fi|ankkuritalja
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French: t+|fr|capon|m
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trans-top|cat-o'-nine-tails
See cat-o'-nine-tails
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trans-top|catboat
See catboat
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trans-top|game of "trap and ball" (or "cat and dog")
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trans-top|the trap in the game of "trap and ball"
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ttbc|Tagalog: pusa
ttbc|Tamil: (poonai)
ttbc|Thai: �มว
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Verb
en-verb|cat|t|ed

1. context|transitive|nautical To hoist the anchor by its ring so that it hangs at the cathead.
2. transitive To flog with a cat-o'-nine-tails.
3. context|transitive|slang To vomit.

Translations
trans-top|raise anchor to cathead
Danish: t-|da|katte
French: t-|fr|caponner
Norwegian: t-|no|katte
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trans-top|flog
French: fouetter avec un chat à neuf queues
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trans-top|vomit
Afrikaans: opgooi, kots
Danish: t|da|brække sig
Estonian: t|et|oksendama
Finnish: qualifier|slang yrjötä
French: t-|fr|dégobiller, t-|fr|débecter, t-|fr|débequeter
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Polish: t-|pl|wymiotowa�
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Etymology 2
Abbreviation of catamaran.

Noun
en-noun

1. A catamaran.

Etymology 3
Abbreviation of catenate.

Noun
en-noun

1. computing A �catenate� program and command in Unix that reads one or more files and directs their content to an output device.

Verb
en-verb|cat|t|ed

1. context|transitive|computing To apply the cat command to (a file).
2. context|transitive|computing|slang|by extension To dump large amounts of data on (an unprepared target) usually with no intention of browsing it carefully.

Etymology 4
Possibly a shortened form of term|chaotic.

Adjective
en-adj

1. context|Ireland|colloquial terrible, disastrous.

#: The weather was cat, so they returned home early.

Usage notes
This usage is common in speech but rarely appears in writing.

See also
feline
kitten
meow
mog
miaow
nine lives
Schrödinger�s cat

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Indonesian

Noun
infl|id|noun

1. paint

Irish

Noun
infl|ga|noun|g=m

1. #English|cat italbrac|domestic feline; member of Felidae

Declension
ga noun m1|c|at|ait

Category:ga:Mammals

Romanian

Etymology
Turk.|ro kat.

Noun
ro-noun|gendn|plcate

1. floor (storey)

Declension
ro-noun-n|pl=cate

Scottish Gaelic

Noun
infl|gd|noun|g=m|genitive and plural|cait

1. #English|cat italbrac|domestic feline

Category:gd:Mammals

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