cat meaning and definition

CAT noun

Definition of cat (noun)

1. feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
   • synonyms: true cat
2. an informal term for a youth or man
   • "a nice guy"; "the guy's only doing it for some doll"
   • synonyms: bozo, guy, hombre
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"
   • synonyms: African tea, Arabian tea, kat, khat, qat, quat
5. a whip with nine knotted cords
   • "British sailors feared the cat"
   • synonyms: 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
   • synonyms: Caterpillar
7. any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild
   • synonyms: 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
   • synonyms: computed axial tomography, computed tomography, computerized axial tomography, computerized tomography, CT

CAT verb

Definition of cat (verb)

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"
   • synonyms: barf, be sick, cast, chuck, disgorge, honk, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up
   • antonym: keep down