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: 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"
      Synonyms: kat khat qat quat Arabian tea African tea
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: computerized tomography computed tomography CT computerized axial tomography computed axial tomography

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: vomit vomit up purge cast sick be sick disgorge regorge retch puke barf spew spue chuck upchuck honk regurgitate throw up
      Antonyms: keep down

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