noun
feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats
Synonyms
true cat
Examples
- wildcats
noun
an informal term for a youth or man
Synonyms
Examples
- a nice guy
- the guy's only doing it for some doll
- the poor sod couldn't even buy a drink
noun
a spiteful woman gossip
Examples
- what a cat she is!
noun
the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea
Synonyms
Examples
- has the effect of a euphoric stimulant
- in Yemen kat is used daily by 85% of adults
noun
a whip with nine knotted cords
Synonyms
cat-o'-nine-tails
Examples
- British sailors feared the cat
noun
a large tracked vehicle that is propelled by two endless metal belts
Synonyms
Caterpillar
Examples
- frequently used for moving earth in construction and farm work
noun
any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild
Synonyms
big cat
noun
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
computerized tomography
computed tomography
CT
computerized axial tomography
computed axial tomography
verb
beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails
verb
eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
Synonyms
Examples
- After drinking too much, the students vomited
- He purged continuously
- The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night