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cat       (kāt)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. A small carnivorous mammal (Felis catus or F. domesticus) domesticated since early times as a catcher of rats and mice and as a pet and existing in several distinctive breeds and varieties.
    2. Any of various other carnivorous mammals of the family Felidae, which includes the lion, tiger, leopard, and lynx.
    3. The fur of a domestic cat.
    4. A person, especially a man.
    5. A player or devotee of jazz music.
    6. A cathead.
    7. A device for raising an anchor to the cathead.
    8. A catboat.
    9. A catamaran.
  2. Informal A woman who is regarded as spiteful.
  3. Slang
    1. A person, especially a man.
    2. A player or devotee of jazz music.
    3. A cathead.
    4. A device for raising an anchor to the cathead.
    5. A catboat.
    6. A catamaran.
  4. A cat-o'-nine-tails.
  5. A catfish.
  6. Nautical
    1. A cathead.
    2. A device for raising an anchor to the cathead.
    3. A catboat.
    4. A catamaran.

v.   cat·ted, cat·ting, cats

v.   tr. Nautical
To hoist an anchor to (the cathead).

v.   intr. Slang
To look for sexual partners; have an affair or affairs: "catting around with every lady in sight" (Gore Vidal).


[Middle English, from Old English catt, from Germanic *kattuz. Sense 6d, short for catamaran.]

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