Cat

Meaning of Cat

noun
  1. a small domesticated carnivorous mammal with soft fur, a short snout, and retractable claws. It is widely kept as a pet or for catching mice, and many breeds have been developed.
  2. (especially among jazz enthusiasts) a man.
    this West Coast cat had managed him since the early 80s
    the cat went crazy on the horn
  3. a short tapered stick used in the game of tipcat.
verb
  1. raise (an anchor) from the surface of the water to the cathead.
    I kept her off the wind and sailing free until I had the anchor catted

Old English catt, catte, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kat and German Katze ; reinforced in Middle English by forms from late Latin cattus .

noun
  1. short for catalytic converter.
    models fitted with a cat as standard

noun

short for catamaran.

abbreviation, noun
  1. short for computerized axial tomography.
  2. computer-assisted (or -aided) testing.
  3. clear air turbulence.
prefix
  1. down; downwards.
    catadromous
  2. wrongly; badly.
    catachresis
  3. completely.
    cataclysm
  4. against; alongside.
    catapult

from Greek kata ‘down’.

Information about Cat

  • It's a proper name.
  • The plural form of Cat is: Cats.
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Hyphenation of Cat

Cat

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 3 chars.
  • Cat is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Cat synonyms

Meaning guy:

guy, hombre, bozo

Meaning kat:

kat, khat, qat, quat

Meaning Caterpillar:

Caterpillar

Meaning vomit:

vomit, purge, cast, sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate

Meaning a cat or other member of the cat family:

feline

Meaning a cat:

pussycat, pussy, grimalkin

Meaning an affectionate term for a cat:

puss

Meaning a fund of money for communal use, made up of contributions from a group of people:

kitty

Meaning a young cat:

kitten

Meaning the male of various animals, especially a domestic cat:

tom

Meaning a male domestic cat:

tomcat

Meaning a grey or brownish cat mottled or streaked with dark stripes:

tabby

Meaning a hot, fragrant spice made from the rhizome of a plant, which may be chopped or powdered for cooking, preserved in syrup, or candied:

ginger

Meaning the semi-transparent mottled yellow and brown shell of certain turtles, typically used to make jewellery or ornaments:

tortoiseshell

Meaning an animal that catches mice, especially a cat:

mouser

Meaning a cat, especially one that does not have a pedigree or is otherwise unremarkable:

moggie

Meaning another term for moggie:

mog

Anagrams of Cat

Act, act, Tac

Words that rhyme with Cat

cat, bobcat, placcat, wildcat, blindcat, mudcat, polecat, Enecat, stonecat, werecat, housecat, scratchcat, syndicat, Magnificat, magnificat, delicat, hellicat, pulicat, pullicat, supplicat, suricat, Vicat, Chilcat, hellcat, wullcat, ramcat, tomcat, wheencat, juncat, Tomocat, snocat, AutoCat, avocat, vocat, hepcat, tipcat, whipcat, bearcat, tearcat, meercat, mercat, Lurcat, scat, snobscat, requiescat, pusscat, Muscat, muscat, kitcat, saltcat

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