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1. (noun) A domesticated subspecies (Felis silvestris catus) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet.
2. (noun) Any similar animal of the family Felidae, which includes lions, tigers, etc.
3. (noun) A catfish.
4. (noun, derogatory) A spiteful or angry woman.
5. (noun) An enthusiast or player of jazz.
6. (noun, slang) A person (usually male).
7. (noun, nautical) A strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the cathead of a ship.
8. (noun, nautical) Contraction of cat-o'-nine-tails.
9. (noun, slang) Any of a variety of earth-moving machines. (from their manufacturer Caterpillar Inc.)
10. (noun, archaic) A sturdy merchant sailing vessel (now only in "catboat").
11. (noun, archaic, uncountable) The game of "trap and ball" (also called "cat and dog").
12. (noun, archaic, uncountable) The trap of the game of "trap and ball".
13. (noun, slang) Prostitute.
14. (verb, nautical) To hoist (the anchor) by its ring so that it hangs at the cathead.
15. (verb, nautical) To flog with a cat-o'-nine-tails.
16. (verb, slang) To vomit something.
17. (noun) A catamaran.
18. (noun, computing) A ‘catenate’ program and command in Unix that reads one or more files and directs their content to an output device.
19. (verb, computing) To apply the cat command to (a file).
20. (verb, computing slang) To dump large amounts of data on (an unprepared target) usually with no intention of browsing it carefully.
21. (adjective, Irish, informal) terrible, disastrous.
22. (Indonesian, Malay, noun) paint
23. (Irish, noun) cat (domestic feline; member of Felidae)
24. (Romanian, noun) floor (storey)
25. (Scottish Gaelic, noun) cat (animal)
26. (Translingual, symbol) The ISO 639-3 official language code of Catalan (SIL)
27. (Translingual, symbol) The ISO 639-3 official language code of Valencian (SIL)

cat

1. The ISO 639-3 official language code of Catalan (SIL)
2. The ISO 639-3 official language code of Valencian (SIL)

Valencian is usually thought of as a dialect of Catalan though some claim it is a distinct language. ISO 639 has chosen to assign only one language code, but accept both Catalan and Valencian as equivalent names for the language. ---

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• enPR: kăt, IPA: /kæt/, , SAMPA: /k{t/

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  Rhymes: -æt

Old English catt (m.), catte (f.), from Proto-Germanic *kattuz, from Late Latin cattus 'domestic cat', from Latin catta (c.75 B.C., Martial), from Afro-Asiatic (compare Nubian kadís, Berber kaddîska 'wildcat'), from Late Egyptian čaute, feminine of čaus 'jungle cat, African wildcat', from earlier Egyptian tešau 'female cat'; akin to Old Frisian/Middle Dutch katte (mod. kat), Old High German kazza (mod. Katze), Old Norse kǫttr.

cat (plural cats)

1. A domesticated subspecies (Felis silvestris catus) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet.
2. Any similar animal of the family Felidae, which includes lions, tigers, etc.
3. A catfish.
4. (derogatory) A spiteful or angry woman.
5. An enthusiast or player of jazz.
6. (slang) A person (usually male).
7. (nautical) A strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the cathead of a ship.
8. (nautical) Contraction of cat-o'-nine-tails.

   No room to swing a cat.

9. (slang) Any of a variety of earth-moving machines. (from their manufacturer Caterpillar Inc.)
10. (archaic) A sturdy merchant sailing vessel (now only in "catboat").
11. (archaic, uncountable) The game of "trap and ball" (also called "cat and dog").
12. (archaic, uncountable) The trap of the game of "trap and ball".
13. (slang) Prostitute.

• (any member of Felidae): feline
• (domestic species): housecat, puss, pussy, malkin, kitten, kitty, pussy-cat, mouser, tomcat, grimalkin
• (man): bloke (UK), chap (British), cove (UK), dude, fellow, fella, guy
• (spiteful woman): bitch
• See also Wikisaurus:cat
• See also Wikisaurus:man

Examples of domestic cat breeds

• Burmese
• Maine coon
• Manx
• Siamese

to cat (third-person singular simple present cats, present participle catting, simple past and past participle catted)

1. (nautical) To hoist (the anchor) by its ring so that it hangs at the cathead.
2. (nautical) To flog with a cat-o'-nine-tails.
3. (slang) To vomit something.

Abbreviation of catamaran.

cat (plural cats)

1. A catamaran.

Abbreviation of catenate.

cat (plural cats)

1. (computing) A ‘catenate’ program and command in Unix that reads one or more files and directs their content to an output device.

to cat (third-person singular simple present cats, present participle catting, simple past and past participle catted)

1. (computing) To apply the cat command to (a file).
2. (computing slang) To dump large amounts of data on (an unprepared target) usually with no intention of browsing it carefully.

Possibly a shortened form of chaotic.

cat (not comparable)

1. (Irish, informal) terrible, disastrous.

   The weather was cat, so they returned home early.

This usage is common in speech but rarely appears in writing.

• feline
• kitten, kitty
• meow
• mog
• miaow
• nine lives
• Schrödinger’s cat
• tabby

• act, , act., Act., ACT
• ATC
• tac, TAC
• TCA

cat

1. paint

From Old Irish catt < Latin cattus.

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cat m.

1. cat (domestic feline; member of Felidae)

First declension

• caitín
• catach
• catachas
• cat crainn
• cat mara
• catsúil
• catúil
• fearchat

• "cat" in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.

From Chinese 漆 (Min Nan: chhat)

cat

1. paint

Turkish kat.

cat n. (plural cate)

1. floor (storey)

From Old Irish catt < Latin cattus.

cat m. (genitive and plural cait)

1. cat (animal)

• clòimh-chat