cat, true cat (noun)

feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats

guy, cat, hombre, bozo (noun)

an informal term for a youth or man

"a nice guy"; "the guy's only doing it for some doll"

cat (noun)

a spiteful woman gossip

"what a cat she is!"

kat, khat, qat, quat, cat, Arabian tea, African tea (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"

cat-o'-nine-tails, cat (noun)

a whip with nine knotted cords

"British sailors feared the cat"

Caterpillar, cat (noun)

a large tracked vehicle that is propelled by two endless metal belts; frequently used for moving earth in construction and farm work

big cat, cat (noun)

any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild

computerized tomography, computed tomography, CT, computerized axial tomography, computed axial tomography, CAT (verb)

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

cat (verb)

beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails

vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up (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"

cat (Noun)

A domesticated subspecies of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet.

cat (Noun)

Any similar animal of the family Felidae, which includes lions, tigers, etc.

cat

A catfish.

cat

A spiteful or angry woman.

cat

An enthusiast or player of jazz.

cat

A person (usually male).

cat

A strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the cathead of a ship.

cat

Contraction of cat-o'-nine-tails.

cat

Any of a variety of earth-moving machines. (from their manufacturer Caterpillar Inc.)

cat (Verb)

To hoist (the anchor) by its ring so that it hangs at the cathead.

cat (Verb)

To flog with a cat-o'-nine-tails.

cat

To vomit something.

cat (Noun)

A catamaran.

cat (Noun)

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

cat (Verb)

To apply the cat command to (one or more files).

cat (Verb)

To dump large amounts of data on (an unprepared target) usually with no intention of browsing it carefully.

cat

A sturdy merchant sailing vessel .

cat

The game of "trap and ball" (also called "cat and dog").

cat

The trap of the game of "trap and ball".

cat

Prostitute.

cat

A vagina; female external genitalia

cat (Adjective)

terrible, disastrous.

Cat

The domestic cat is a small, usually furry, domesticated, and carnivorous mammal. It is often called the housecat when kept as an indoor pet, or simply the cat when there is no need to distinguish it from other felids and felines. Cats are often valued by humans for companionship and their ability to hunt vermin and household pests. Cats are similar in anatomy to the other felids, with strong, flexible bodies, quick reflexes, sharp retractable claws, and teeth adapted to killing small prey. Cat senses fit a crepuscular and predatory ecological niche. Cats can hear sounds too faint or too high in frequency for human ears, such as those made by mice and other small game. They can see in near darkness. Like most other mammals, cats have poorer color vision and a better sense of smell than humans. Despite being solitary hunters, cats are a social species, and cat communication includes the use of a variety of vocalizations as well as cat pheromones and types of cat-specific body language. Cats have a rapid breeding rate. Under controlled breeding, they can be bred and shown as registered pedigree pets, a hobby known as cat fancy. Failure to control the breeding of pet cats by spaying and neutering, and the abandonment of former household pets, has resulted in large numbers of feral cats worldwide, requiring population control.

Cat

The cat (Felis catus) is a domestic species of small carnivorous mammal. It is the only domesticated species in the family Felidae and is often referred to as the domestic cat to distinguish it from the wild members of the family. A cat can either be a house cat, a farm cat or a feral cat; the latter ranges freely and avoids human contact. Domestic cats are valued by humans for companionship and their ability to hunt rodents. About 60 cat breeds are recognized by various cat registries.The cat is similar in anatomy to the other felid species: it has a strong flexible body, quick reflexes, sharp teeth and retractable claws adapted to killing small prey. Its night vision and sense of smell are well developed. Cat communication includes vocalizations like meowing, purring, trilling, hissing, growling and grunting as well as cat-specific body language. A predator that is most active at dawn and dusk (crepuscular), the cat is a solitary hunter but a social species. It can hear sounds too faint or too high in frequency for human ears, such as those made by mice and other small mammals. It secretes and perceives pheromones.Female domestic cats can have kittens from spring to late autumn, with litter sizes often ranging from two to five kittens. Domestic cats are bred and shown at events as registered pedigreed cats, a hobby known as cat fancy. Failure to control breeding of pet cats by spaying and neutering, as well as abandonment of pets, resulted in large numbers of feral cats worldwide, contributing to the extinction of entire bird, mammal, and reptile species, and evoking population control.Cats were first domesticated in the Near East around 7500 BC. It was long thought that cat domestication was initiated in ancient Egypt, as since around 3100 BC veneration was given to cats in ancient Egypt. As of 2021 there are an estimated 220 million owned and 480 million stray cats in the world. As of 2017, the domestic cat was the second-most popular pet in the United States, with 95 million cats owned. In the United Kingdom, 26% of adults have a cat with an estimated population of 10.9 million pet cats as of 2020.