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catnip
[ kat-nip ]
noun
- a plant, Nepeta cataria, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves containing aromatic oils that are a cat attractant.
catnip
/ ˈkætˌnɪp /
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Origin of catnip1
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Example Sentences
In a culture that worships celebrities while pretending to disdain them, the Sony emails are catnip for the masses.
Coded references to risqué and sexual matters were catnip to the lyricists Lorenz Hart and Cole Porter.
The exchange was catnip for reporters, and Republican political operatives passed the clip around with glee.
That message was like catnip and I am the worst kind of kitten: I love trouble.
BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY Movie stars who prove they can really act on Broadway are catnip for Tony voters.
Then she will throw herself against it sideways and rub against it like a tom-cat in a catnip bed.
The house cat, fat and lazy, had found a little patch of catnip that had started showing signs of growth.
The catnip seemed to fill him with a spring madness that induced all kinds of foolish excesses.
She led this cat up to her catnip bed, and watched her kindly, while she rolled and rubbed herself in it.
Catnip is a favorite plant with cats, and Miss Laura always kept some of it growing for Malta.
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