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cat
  1. An animal of the family Felidae:
    1. A domesticated subspecies (Felis silvestris catus) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet. [from 8th c.]
    2. Any similar animal of the family Felidae, which includes lions, tigers, bobcats, etc.
  2. A person.
    1. (offensive) A spiteful or angry woman. [from earlier 13th c.]
    2. An enthusiast or player of jazz.
    3. (slang) A person (usually male).
  3. (nautical) A strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the cathead of a ship.
  4. (chiefly nautical) Short form of cat-o'-nine-tails.
  5. (archaic) A sturdy merchant sailing vessel (now only in "catboat").
  6. (archaic, uncountable) The game of "trap and ball" (also called "cat and dog").
    1. The trap of the game of "trap and ball".
  7. A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.) with six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever position it is placed.
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  9. Examples:
    1. “The cat ran after the mouse, and all the dishes came crashing down.”
      “Even in his fifties, he remained one cool cat driving around in his new sports car.”
catling
  1. (archaic) A little cat; a kitten.
  2. catgut; a catgut string
  3. (surgery) A double-edged, sharp-pointed dismembering knife.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “Mr. catling preserved the receipt of that message as a souvenir of the occasion.”
      Catling, 57, cheerily tries to start a debate but soon wishes Mrs Adkin a good day.”
      Catling was away on assignment that autumn when she had a burst appendix, and she could think of no one to give the hospital as next of kin except Hugh and Dora Gaitskell.”
cat
  1. (slang) Any of a variety of earth-moving machines. (from their manufacturer Caterpillar Inc.)
  2. A caterpillar drive vehicle (a ground vehicle which uses caterpillar tracks), especially tractors, trucks, minibuses, and snow groomers.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “The cat ran after the mouse, and all the dishes came crashing down.”
      “Even in his fifties, he remained one cool cat driving around in his new sports car.”
cattery
  1. A place where cats are bred.
  2. A place where cats board when their owners are on holiday
  3. Examples:
    1. “An appeal to pay for new kennels and a cattery at the RSPCA's state-of-the-art animal centre in Redcross Street, is starting to pull in cash.”
      “They want plans to include a cattery, wildlife hospital, kennels and visitors' centre.”
      “And the cats both survived the stay in the cattery without too many ill effects.”
cat
  1. (computing) A program and command in Unix that reads one or more files and directs their content to the standard output.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The cat ran after the mouse, and all the dishes came crashing down.”
      “Even in his fifties, he remained one cool cat driving around in his new sports car.”
catscratch
  1. The wound, scar or mark left by the scratch of a cat.
catty
  1. A (unit of) weight used in China, generally standardized as half a kilogram.
catslaughter
  1. The killing of a cat, the slaughter of cats; felicide.
catsitter
  1. One who acts as babysitter for a cat in the owner's absence.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “I phoned my good friend Chloe, who was about to go on holiday and was looking for a catsitter.”
      “Still, don't you think he'd be happier staying home, with a catsitter to take care of him?”
catskin
  1. the skin of a cat, or leather made therefrom
  2. Examples:
    1. “In the fable, the maiden had to find a catskin coat, a coat made of catskins.”
      “Some wore slouch hats of greyish felt, and some catskin caps.”
      “Will you help me with the computational math needed to finish Operation Catskin?”
cattiness
  1. The quality of being catty; cattishness
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The cattiness that she displayed towards her coworker was unnecessary and only served to create a toxic work environment.”
      “I could sense the underlying cattiness in her tone as she criticized my work.”
      “It's hard, of course, to get too worked up about anyone's cattiness towards Coulter, but Baron is pretty consistently vicious.”
cat
  1. (slang) A street name of the drug methcathinone.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The cat ran after the mouse, and all the dishes came crashing down.”
      “Even in his fifties, he remained one cool cat driving around in his new sports car.”
catlin
  1. Alternative form of catling (surgical knife)
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  3. Examples:
    1. Catlin is almost militant in his view that the system is grossly underfinanced.”
      “The drug Catlin encountered last year is an anabolic steroid called tetrahydrogestrinone.”
      “The Sauk chief was the subject of the well-known paintings of George Catlin and the portrait by John Wesly Jarvis.”
cattie
  1. Archaic form of catty. (Chinese unit of weight)
  2. Examples:
    1. “All farmers involved have agreed to raise the cattie outdoors, and feed them mainly on grass and their mothers' milk.”
      Cattie will present on current updates to the Medicare Secondary Payer and CMS procedural changes.”
      “Chen X, Truong T-TN, Weaver 1, Bove BA, Cattie K, Armstrong BA, et al.”
catsicle
  1. (humorous) A cold or frozen cat.
catlore
  1. folklore relating to cats
cattitude
  1. (humorous) The attitude of a cat.
cattishness
  1. The property of being cattish.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Unkind souls may consider that this will be akin to filling an empty space with a hole, but I disdain such cattishness.”
      “Titania is played by a ballet dancer who has a reasonable repertoire in cattishness but her dancing is certainly more accomplished than her acting.”
cat
  1. Abbreviation of category.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The cat ran after the mouse, and all the dishes came crashing down.”
      “Even in his fifties, he remained one cool cat driving around in his new sports car.”
catlover
cat
  1. A catamaran.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The cat ran after the mouse, and all the dishes came crashing down.”
      “Even in his fifties, he remained one cool cat driving around in his new sports car.”
catte
  1. Obsolete spelling of cat
cat
  1. (military, naval) A catapult.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The cat ran after the mouse, and all the dishes came crashing down.”
      “Even in his fifties, he remained one cool cat driving around in his new sports car.”
cat
  1. A catfish.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The cat ran after the mouse, and all the dishes came crashing down.”
      “Even in his fifties, he remained one cool cat driving around in his new sports car.”
catties
  1. plural of cattie
  2. plural of catty
  3. Examples:
    1. “As such, they normally were paid about 1,000 catties of unhusked rice per year and board and room if they owned no home.”
catscratches
  1. plural of catscratch
catsitters
  1. plural of catsitter
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  3. Examples:
    1. “She loved me, my parents, my friends, her catsitters, and even visiting cable repairmen and plumbers, in whose toolboxes she liked to nap.”
cattinesses
catlovers
catsicles
  1. plural of catsicle
catskins
  1. plural of catskin
catlings
  1. plural of catling
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catteries
  1. plural of cattery
  2. Examples:
    1. “Contact a local breeders club, and ask for a list of reputable kennels or catteries.”
      “Pet care Pet Owners, vets, kennels, stables, breeders, grooms, catteries, pet shops, liveries, and animal welfare all use our health supplements.”
catlins
  1. plural of catlin
  2. Synonyms:
cats
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