All Definitions for Cat
Below are all the dictionary definitions of cat:
1Terms relating to animals.
2A mammal of the family Felidae.
3A carnivorous, four-legged, generally furry domesticated species (Felis catus) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet.
4The flesh of this animal eaten as food.
5Any similar, chiefly non-domesticated, carnivorous mammal of the family Felidae, which includes bobcats, caracals, cheetahs, cougars, leopards, lions, lynxes, tigers, and other such species.
6Chiefly with a descriptive word: an animal not of the family Felidae which (somewhat) resembles a domestic feline (etymology 1, sense 1.1.1).
7Terms relating to people.
8An angry or spiteful person, especially a woman.
9An ordinary person, especially a man
10A fellow, a guy.
11Synonym of itinerant worker.
12A jazz musician
13Also, an enthusiast of jazz music.
14Terms relating to things.
15A double tripod for holding a plate, etc., with six feet, of which three rest on the ground in whatever position it is placed.
16A strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the cathead of a ship.
17A vagina or vulva.
18To hoist (an anchor) by its ring so that it hangs at the cathead.
19To flog with a cat-o'-nine-tails.
20To go wandering at night.
21To gossip in a catty manner.
22A program and command in Unix that reads one or more files and directs their content to the standard output.
23To apply the cat command to (one or more files).
24To dump large amounts of data on (an unprepared target), usually with no intention of browsing it carefully.
25A street name of the drug methcathinone.
26Abbreviation of caterpillar.
27Any of a variety of earth-moving machines. (from their manufacturer Caterpillar Inc.)
28A ground vehicle which uses caterpillar tracks, especially tractors, trucks, minibuses, and snow groomers.
29Catastrophic
30Terrible, disastrous.
31Synonym of prostitute.
32(archaic, uncountable) The game of trap ball
33Also (countable), the trap in that game.
34(archaic, countable) The pointed piece of wood that is struck in the game of tipcat.
35(archaic) Now only in catboat: a sturdy merchant sailing vessel.
36A wheeled shelter, used in the Middle Ages to protect assailants approaching besieged enemy defences
37A cathouse.
38To vomit.
39A piece of heavy machinery, such as a backhoe or bulldozer, of the Caterpillar brand. (Occasionally, loosely, any big yellow machine of the type.)
40A Catalina flying boat.
41A diminutive of the female given names Catherine or Caitlin.
42Citizens Area Transit
43Centre for Alternative Technology
44Counter Assault Team
45Canadian Achievement Tests
46Cambridge Antibody Technology
47Abbreviation of catalytic converter. [(automotive) A chamber containing a finely divided platinum catalyst in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized to carbon dioxide.]
48Abbreviation of category. [A group, often named or numbered, to which items are assigned based on similarity or defined criteria.]
49Abbreviation of catfish. [Any fish of the order Siluriformes, mainly found in fresh water, lacking scales, and having barbels like whiskers around the mouth.]
50Abbreviation of catamaran. [A twin-hulled ship or boat.]
51Abbreviation of catapult. [A device or weapon for throwing or launching large objects.]
52Abbreviation of computed axial tomography
53Often used attributively, as in “CAT scan” or “CT scan”. [(medicine, dated) Computed tomography in the axial plane (which was the original type). Sometimes referred to as “computerized axial tomography”.]
54(chiefly nautical) Ellipsis of cat-o'-nine-tails. [(nautical) A scourge (multi-tail whip) having nine, often knotted, whipcords, formerly used for flogging as naval punishment.]
55Abbreviation of Caterpillar Inc..
56Acronym of Central Atlas Tamazight. [A Berber language spoken by some three million people in central Morocco.]
57Acronym of computer-adaptive test.
58Acronym of common admission test.
59Acronym of clear-air turbulence. [The erratic movement of air masses in the absence of any visual cues, especially such movement that causes unexpected turbulence to an aircraft.]
60Acronym of computed axial tomography. [(medicine, dated) Computed tomography in the axial plane (which was the original type). Sometimes referred to as “computerized axial tomography”.]
61Acronym of career aptitude test.
62Acronym of computer-assisted/aided translation.
63Acronym of computer-aided transceiver.
64Acronym of coital alignment technique.
65Acronym of civil air transport.
66Acronym of credit authorization terminal.
67Acronym of citizenship advancement training.
68Acronym of cosmic anisotropy telescope.
69Acronym of conidial anastomosis tube.
70Acronym of chloramphenicol acetyltransferase.
71Acronym of crisis assessment team.
72Acronym of Consumer Acceptance of Technology.
About synonyms for cat
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