Cat

Meaning

Noun

●

An

of the family Felidae:

A

(Felis catus) of

,

as a

pet.

Any

of the family Felidae, which includes

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

, and other such non-domesticated species.

An

of the family Felidae

●

The

of this

,

as food.

🤬

A person:

A

or

woman.

An

or

of jazz.

A person (usually male).

A prostitute.

●

In Nautical:

A strong

used to

an

to the

of a ship.

●

In Nautical:

Short for cat-o'-nine-tails.

●

A

(now only in "catboat").

●

The

of

ball.

The

game.

●

The

of

that is

of tipcat.

⚠️

In African-American Vernacular English:

A

, a

; the

genitalia.

●

A double

(for

a

, etc.) with

, of which three

the

, in whatever

it is placed.

●

A

, used in the Middle Ages as a

to

to approach

defences.

●

In Computing:

A

and

in Unix that

one or more

and

their

to the

output.

●

A

of the

methcathinone.

●

Abbreviation of catapult.

●

Abbreviation of

converter.

●

Abbreviation of catamaran.

●

Abbreviation of category.

●

Abbreviation of catfish.

●

Abbreviation of caterpillar.

Any of a

of

. (from their

Caterpillar Inc.)

A

which

caterpillar tracks

, especially

,

,

, and

groomers.

●

Abbreviation of

computed axial tomography

. Often used

,

“CAT

” or “CT

”.

●

A

of

heavy machinery

, such as a

, of the Caterpillar brand.

●

A Catalina

boat.

●

In Translation studies:

Acronym of Central Atlas Tamazight.

●

Acronym of computer-adaptive test.

●

Acronym of common

test.

●

Acronym of

transport.

●

Acronym of clear-air turbulence.

●

In Medicine:

Acronym of

tomography.

●

Acronym of

test.

●

Acronym of computer-assisted/aided translation.

●

Acronym of

terminal.

●

Acronym of

training.

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Acronym of computer-aided transceiver.

●

Acronym of

telescope.

●

Acronym of

technique.

●

Acronym of

tube.

●

Acronym of

chloramphenicol

acetyltransferase.

●

Acronym of

team.

●

Acronym of Consumer Acceptance of Technology.

Verb

●

In Nautical:

To

(the

) by its

so that it

at the cathead.

●

In Nautical:

To

with a cat-o'-nine-tails.

●

To vomit.

●

To go

at night.

●

To

in a

manner.

●

In Computing:

To

the

to (one or more files).

●

In Computing:

To

large

of

on (an

), usually with no

of

it carefully.

Adj

●

In Irish English:

Catastrophic;

, disastrous.

Name

●

A

of the

Catherine or Caitlin.

●

Centre for Alternative Technology

●

Counter Assault Team

●

Citizens Area Transit

●

Canadian Achievement Tests

●

Cambridge Antibody Technology

Sourced from

Origin

cat

English

cat

Middle English (1100-1500)

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