cat
noun
[ kat ]
• a small domesticated carnivorous mammal with soft fur, a short snout, and retractable claws. It is widely kept as a pet or for catching mice, and many breeds have been developed.
Similar:
feline,
pussycat,
pussy,
puss,
kitty,
kitty cat,
kitten,
Tiddles,
Tibbles,
tom,
tomcat,
tabby,
ginger,
tortoiseshell,
marmalade cat,
mouser,
house cat,
wild cat,
alley cat,
moggie,
mog,
fur baby,
fur kid,
grimalkin,
• (especially among jazz enthusiasts) a man.
• "this West Coast cat had managed him since the early 80s"
• a short tapered stick used in the game of tipcat.
cat
verb
• raise (an anchor) from the surface of the water to the cathead.
• "I kept her off the wind and sailing free until I had the anchor catted"
Origin:
Old English catt, catte, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kat and German Katze ; reinforced in Middle English by forms from late Latin cattus .
cat
noun
• short for catalytic converter.
• "models fitted with a cat as standard"
cat
noun
• short for catamaran.
CAT
abbreviation
• short for computerized axial tomography.
• computer-assisted (or -aided) testing.
• clear air turbulence.
cata-
prefix
• down; downwards.
• "catadromous"
• wrongly; badly.
• "catachresis"
• completely.
• "cataclysm"
• against; alongside.
• "catapult"
Origin:
from Greek kata ‘down’.
