cat (n.)

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

    [ Syn: true cat ]

  2. an informal term for a youth or man; a nice guy; the guys only doing it for some doll

    [ Syn: guy , hombre , bozo ]

  3. a spiteful woman gossip; what a cat she is!'

  4. 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 , arabian tea , african tea ]

  5. a whip with nine knotted cords; British sailors feared the cat

    [ Syn: cat-o-nine-tails ]

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

    [ Syn: caterpillar ]

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

    [ Syn: big cat ]

  8. 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 ]

    cat (v.)

  1. beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails

  2. 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 , be sick , disgorge , regorge , retch , puke , barf , spew , spue , chuck , upchuck , honk , regurgitate , throw up ]

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