feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
[ Syn: true cat ]
an informal term for a youth or man; a nice guy; the guys only doing it for some doll
a spiteful woman gossip; what a cat she is!'
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 ]
a whip with nine knotted cords; British sailors feared the cat
[ Syn: cat-o-nine-tails ]
a large tracked vehicle that is propelled by two endless metal belts; frequently used for moving earth in construction and farm work
[ Syn: caterpillar ]
any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild
[ Syn: big cat ]
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 (n.)
beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails
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 ]