cat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: kăt
ipa: /kæt/
ipa: [kʰæt]
ipa: [kʰæʔ]
text: -
homophone: Cat
homophone: Kat
homophone: khat
homophone: qat
rhymes: -æt
Forms: form: cats
form: catte
Etymology: From Middle English cat, catte, from Old English catt (“male cat”), catte (“female cat”), from Proto-West Germanic *kattu, from Proto-Germanic *kattuz, generally thought to be from Late Latin cattus (“domestic cat”) (c. 350, Palladius), from Latin catta (c. 75 A.D., Martial), from an Afroasiatic language.
This would roughly match how domestic cats themselves spread, as genetic studies suggest they began to spread out of the Near East / Fertile Crescent during the Neolithic (being in Cyprus by 9500 years ago, and Greece and Italy by 2500 years ago), especially after they became popular in Egypt. However, every proposed source word has presented problems. Adolphe Pictet and many subsequent sources refer to Barabra (Nubian) [script needed] (kaddîska) and "Nouba" (Nobiin) ⲕⲁⲇⲓ̄ⲥ (kadīs, “kadīs”) as possible sources or cognates, but M. Lionel Bender says the Nubian word is a loan from Arabic قِطَّة (qiṭṭa). Ibn Duraid dismissed Arabic قِطَّة (qiṭṭa) as non-Arabic in origin, whereas the more "proper" term in Arabic is the now-rare Arabic سِنَّوْر (sinnawr). Jean-Paul Savignac suggests the Latin word is from an Egyptian precursor of Coptic ϣⲁⲩ (šau, “tomcat”) suffixed with feminine -t, but John Huehnergard says "the source … was clearly not Egyptian itself, where no analogous form is attested."
It may be a wanderword. Kroonen says the word must have existed in Germanic from a very early date, as it shows morphological alternations, and suggests that it might have been borrowed from Uralic, compare Northern Sami gađfe (“female stoat”) and Hungarian hölgy (“stoat; lady, bride”) from Proto-Uralic *käďwä (“female (of a fur animal)”).
Cognates
Related to Scots cat, West Frisian kat, North Frisian kåt and kaat, Dutch kat, Danish kat, Norwegian katt, Swedish katt, German Low German Katt and Katte, German Katze, Alemannic German Chatz, Icelandic köttur, Afrikaans kat, Latin cattus, French chat, Norman cat, Occitan cat, Portuguese gato, Spanish gato, Aromanian cãtush, Scottish Gaelic cat, Irish cat, Breton kazh, Welsh cath, Cornish kath, as well as Ancient Greek κάττα (kátta), Greek γάτα (gáta), Turkish kedi, and from the same ultimate source Russian кот (kot), Ukrainian кіт (kit), Belarusian кот (kot), Polish kot, Kashubian kòt, Lithuanian katė, and more distantly Armenian կատու (katu), Basque katu, Arabic قِطَّة (qiṭṭa) alongside dialectal Maghrebi Arabic قَطُّوس (qaṭṭūs) (from Berber, probably from Latin).
Senses: examples: text: Mammals need two genes to make the taste receptor for sugar. Studies in various cats (tigers, cheetahs and domestic cats) showed that one of these genes has mutated and no longer works.
ref: 2011, Karl Kruszelnicki, Brain Food, →ISBN, page 53:
glosses: Terms relating to animals.
An animal of the family Felidae.
synonyms: felid
feline
panther[Panthera#Translingual|Panthera]]>
pantherine[Pantherinae#Translingual|Pantherinae]]>
examples: text: At twilight in the summer there is never anybody to fear—man, woman, or cat—in the chambers and at that hour the mice come out. They do not eat parchment or foolscap or red tape, but they eat the luncheon crumbs.
ref: 1892, Walter Besant, chapter II, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC:
text: A group of wild cats is called a destruction.
ref: 2019 June 6, “A gaggle, a confusion and a conspiracy - bizarre animal collective group names”, in BBC:
glosses: Terms relating to animals.
An animal of the family Felidae.
A carnivorous, four-legged, generally furry domesticated species (Felis catus) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet.
synonyms: felid
feline
panther[Panthera#Translingual|Panthera]]>
pantherine[Pantherinae#Translingual|Pantherinae]]>
grimalkin
kitty
kitty-cat
puss
pussy
pussy-cat
hyponyms: housecat
kitten
malkin
mouser
tomcat
examples: text: “[…]—Say, do you mind telling me if people around here really eat cats?” He felt a shiver in the pit of his stomach. “Do they eat cat?” said the little old man, profoundly shocked.
ref: 1948, Harry Stephen Keeler, The Case of the Jeweled Ragpicker (The Screwball Circus Mysteries; 3), Wildside Press, published 2017, →ISBN:
text: You do not eat cat simply for the thrill of eating cat. You eat cat because cats have a lively jingshen, or spirit, and thus by eating the animal you will improve your spirits.
ref: 2013, Peter Hessler, Strange Stones: Dispatches from East and West, Harper Perennial, →ISBN:
text: I ate at a Chinese restaurant once, even though my friends told me I would probably be eating cat and dog disguised as chicken.
ref: 2013, James Bartleman, The Redemption of Oscar Wolf, Dundurn, →ISBN:
glosses: Terms relating to animals.
An animal of the family Felidae.
A carnivorous, four-legged, generally furry domesticated species (Felis catus) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet.
The flesh of this animal eaten as food.
synonyms: felid
feline
panther[Panthera#Translingual|Panthera]]>
pantherine[Pantherinae#Translingual|Pantherinae]]>
grimalkin
kitty
kitty-cat
puss
pussy
pussy-cat
catflesh
cat meat
gutter rabbit
roof rabbit
hyponyms: housecat
kitten
malkin
mouser
tomcat
examples: text: I grabbed it and ran over to the lion from behind, the cat still chewing thoughtfully on Silent's arm.
ref: 1977, Peter Hathaway Capstick, Death in the Long Grass: A Big Game Hunter's Adventures in the African Bush, St. Martin's Press, page 44:
text: If you should someday round a corner on the hiking trail and come face to face with a mountain lion, you would probably never forget the mighty cat.
ref: 1985 January, George Laycock, “Our American Lion”, in Boys' Life, Boy Scouts of America, section 28:
text: She felt privileged to be here, living the experience inside the majestic cat [a tiger]; privileged to be part of their bond, even for only a few hours.
ref: 2014, Dale Mayer, Rare Find. A Psychic Visions Novel, Valley Publishing:
glosses: Terms relating to animals.
An animal of the family Felidae.
Any similar, chiefly non-domesticated, animal of the family Felidae, which includes bobcats, caracals, cheetahs, cougars, leopards, lions, lynxes, tigers, and other such species.
synonyms: felid
feline
panther[Panthera#Translingual|Panthera]]>
pantherine[Pantherinae#Translingual|Pantherinae]]>
examples: text: civet cat    polecat
glosses: Terms relating to animals.
Chiefly with a descriptive word: an animal not of the family Felidae which (somewhat) resembles a domestic feline (sense 1.1.1).
examples: text: But, ere one rapid moon its tale has told, / He finds his prize — a cat — a slut — a scold.
ref: 1835 September, “The Pigs”, in The New-England Magazine, volume IX, page 156:
glosses: Terms relating to people.
An angry or spiteful person, especially a woman.
synonyms: bitch
examples: text: Now you've listened to my story / Here's the point that I have made / Cats were born to give chicks fever / Be it Fahrenheit or Centigrade
ref: 1958, “Fever”, Eddie Cooley, Otis Blackwell, Peggy Lee (lyrics), performed by Peggy Lee:
text: Didn't know what time it was the lights were low / I leaned back on my radio / Some cat was layin' down some rock'n'roll 'lotta soul, he said
ref: 1972, “Starman”, in The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, performed by David Bowie:
text: 1973 December, "Books Noted", discussing A Dialogue (by James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni), in Black World, Johnson Publishing Company, 77.
BALDWIN: That's what we were talking about before. And by the way, you did not have to tell me that you think your father is a groovy cat; I knew that.
text: What fags are true I know what Mack's might do
I'm quite familiar with cats like you
Provoke to get me give me a good reason to smoke me
Try to break me but never wrote me)
ref: 1998, “Fiend”, in Respect, performed by Shaquille O'Neal:
text: I started showing up early for every team practice, and when all those other cats jetted to hit the showers, I put in even more work on the court, eliminating my weaknesses, practicing drills and perfecting my outside shot.
ref: 2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 208:
text: I am sick of rappers claiming they hot when they really not
I am sick of rappers bragging about shit they ain’t really got
These cats stay rapping about cars they don’t own
I am sick of rappers bragging about models they don’t bone.[…]
And I am sick of all these cats with no talent
That never lived in the hood but yet their lyrics be so violent.
ref: 2006, “Sick of it all”, in Masta Ace (lyrics), Pariah:
glosses: Terms relating to people.
An ordinary person, especially a man; a fellow, a guy.
synonyms: word: bloke
word: chap
word: cove
word: dude
word: fella
word: joe
word: bloke
word: boy
word: bro
word: broski
word: bruh
word: cat
word: chap
word: chappy
word: chield
word: cove
word: covey
word: dog [⇒ thesaurus] (slang)
word: dawg
word: dude
word: fella
word: fellow
word: gadgie
word: gate
word: geezer
word: gink
word: gloak
word: gome
word: guy
word: health
word: homeboy
word: homey
word: joe
word: lede
word: nigga
word: ninja
word: omi
word: pillicock
word: punk
word: rooster
word: seg
word: shalk
word: wallah
word: wer
word: were
word: wye
glosses: Terms relating to people.
Synonym of itinerant worker.
synonyms: word: itinerant worker
examples: text: a jazz cat
text: I turn on the radio / There's some cat on the saxophone / Laying down a litany of excuses
ref: 2008, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, “Hold on to Yourself”:
glosses: Terms relating to people.
A jazz musician; also, an enthusiast of jazz music.
synonyms: hepcat
qualifier: jazz
examples: text: "Tell me. Willie said there was a cat in love with you. That isn't true, is it?" "Yes. It's true," Hudson corrects her, letting her think that by "cat" he means prostitute.
ref: 1999, Carl P. Eby, Hemingway’s Fetishism: Psychoanalysis and the Mirror of Manhood, State University of New York Press, page 124:
glosses: Terms relating to people.
Synonym of prostitute.
synonyms: word: prostitute
glosses: Terms relating to things.
A double tripod for holding a plate, etc., with six feet, of which three rest on the ground in whatever position it is placed.
topics: games
glosses: Terms relating to things.
The game of trap ball; also (countable), the trap in that game.
topics: games
glosses: Terms relating to things.
The pointed piece of wood that is struck in the game of tipcat.
examples: text: Overhaul down & hook the cat, haul taut. Walk away the cat. When up, pass the cat head stopper. Hook the fish in & fish the anchor.
ref: 2009, Olof A. Eriksen, Constitution - All Sails Up and Flying, Outskirts Press, page 134:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Terms relating to things.
A strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the cathead of a ship.
examples: text: [H]e whipped a black man for disobedience of his orders fifty lashes; and again whipped him with a cat, which he wound with wire, about the same number of stripes;[…] he used this cat on one other man, and then destroyed the cat wound with wire.
ref: 1839, Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York, testimony by Henry L. Pinckney (Assembly No. 335), page 44:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Terms relating to things.
Ellipsis of cat-o'-nine-tails.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Terms relating to things.
Now only in catboat: a sturdy merchant sailing vessel.
examples: text: From behind the narrow slits in the walls of Castellar, crossbowmen and archers took aim at the juddering cat as it came closer.
ref: 2000, Stephen O'Shea, The Perfect Heresy, Profile Books, page 97:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Terms relating to things.
A wheeled shelter, used in the Middle Ages to protect assailants approaching besieged enemy defences; a cathouse.
synonyms: tortoise
Welsh cat
examples: text: "What the hell, so this broad's got a prematurely-gray cat."
ref: 1969, Iceberg Slim, Pimp: The Story of My Life, Holloway House Publishing:
text: As she came up, she tried to put her cat in his face for some licking.
ref: 2005, Carolyn Chambers Sanders, Sins & Secrets, Hachette Digital:
text: I had a notion to walk over to her, rip her apron off, sling her housecoat open and put my finger inside her cat to see if she was wet or freshly fucked because the dream I had earlier was beginning to really annoy me.
ref: 2007, Franklin White, Money for Good, Simon and Schuster, page 64:
glosses: Terms relating to things.
A vagina or vulva.
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
Synonyms: word: baudrons
word: cat
word: domestic cat
word: grimalkin
word: housecat
word: kibty
word: kitten
word: kitter
word: kitty
word: kitty-cat
word: kitty witty
word: malkin
word: mog
word: moggy
word: mouser
word: puss
word: pussy
word: pussy-cat
Hypernyms: word: animal
word: creature
word: carnivore
word: feline
word: mammal
word: pet
word: vertebrate
Hyponyms: sense: domestic cat breeds and varieties
word: Abyssinian cat
sense: domestic cat breeds and varieties
word: Aegean cat
sense: domestic cat breeds and varieties
word: Bengal cat
sense: domestic cat breeds and varieties
word: Bombay
sense: domestic cat breeds and varieties
word: Bombay cat
sense: domestic cat breeds and varieties
word: Burmese
sense: domestic cat breeds and varieties
word: Burmese cat
sense: domestic cat breeds and varieties
word: calico cat
sense: domestic cat breeds and varieties
word: Cyprus cat
sense: domestic cat breeds and varieties
word: Maine Coon
sense: domestic cat breeds and varieties
word: Maine Coon cat
sense: domestic cat breeds and varieties
word: Maltese cat
sense: domestic cat breeds and varieties
word: Manx
sense: domestic cat breeds and varieties
word: Manx cat
sense: domestic cat breeds and varieties
word: Norwegian forest cat
sense: domestic cat breeds and varieties
word: Ocicat
sense: domestic cat breeds and varieties
word: Persian
sense: domestic cat breeds and varieties
word: Persian cat
sense: domestic cat breeds and varieties
word: Russian Blue
sense: domestic cat breeds and varieties
word: Russian Blue cat
sense: domestic cat breeds and varieties
word: Savannah cat
sense: domestic cat breeds and varieties
word: Serengeti cat
sense: domestic cat breeds and varieties
word: Siamese
sense: domestic cat breeds and varieties
word: Siamese cat
sense: domestic cat breeds and varieties
word: tabby
sense: domestic cat breeds and varieties
word: tabby cat
sense: domestic cat breeds and varieties
word: tortoiseshell cat
sense: domestic cat breeds and varieties
word: tuxedo cat
sense: domestic cat breeds and varieties
word: Van cat
sense: domestic cat breeds and varieties
word: wolf-cat
sense: other feline species
taxonomic: Caracal aurata
word: African golden cat
sense: other feline species
word: Andean cat
sense: other feline species
taxonomic: Leopardus jacobitus
word: Andean mountain cat
sense: other feline species
word: Asian golden cat
sense: other feline species
word: Asiatic golden cat
sense: other feline species
taxonomic: Catopuma temminckii
word: Temminck's cat
sense: other feline species
taxonomic: Catopuma badia
word: bay cat
sense: other feline species
taxonomic: Felis negripes
word: black-footed cat
sense: other feline species
taxonomic: Lynx rufus
word: bobcat
sense: other feline species
word: cat-a-mountain
sense: other feline species
word: cat o' mountain
sense: other feline species
word: Chinese desert cat
sense: other feline species
taxonomic: Felis bieti
word: Chinese mountain cat
sense: other feline species
word: colocolo
sense: other feline species
word: pampas cat
sense: other feline species
taxonomic: Leopardus colocola
word: Pampas cat
sense: other feline species
taxonomic: Felis silvestris lybica
word: desert cat
sense: other feline species
word: false saber-toothed cat
sense: other feline species
word: false sabre-toothed cat
sense: other feline species
alt: Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti
word: fisher cat
sense: other feline species
taxonomic: Prionailurus viverrinus
word: fishing cat
sense: other feline species
taxonomic: Prionailurus planiceps
word: flat-headed cat
sense: other feline species
taxonomic: Leopardus geoffroyi
word: Geoffroy's cat
sense: other feline species
word: ghost cat
sense: other feline species
word: hip cat
sense: other feline species
taxonomic: Prionailurus iriomotensis
word: Iriomote cat
sense: other feline species
taxonomic: Prionailurus bengalensis
word: leopard cat
sense: other feline species
word: little spotted cat
sense: other feline species
taxonomic: Leopardus tigrinus
word: oncilla
sense: other feline species
word: manul
sense: other feline species
word: Pallas' cat
sense: other feline species
word: Pallas cat
sense: other feline species
word: Pallas's cat
sense: other feline species
taxonomic: Otocolobus manul
word: steppe cat
sense: other feline species
taxonomic: Bassariscus astutus
word: miner's cat
sense: other feline species
word: mountain cat
sense: other feline species
taxonomic: Leopardus braccatus
word: Pantanal cat
sense: other feline species
taxonomic: Panthera spp.
word: roaring cat
sense: other feline species
taxonomic: Prionailurus rubiginosus
word: rusty-spotted cat
sense: other feline species
word: sabercat
sense: other feline species
word: saber-toothed cat
sense: other feline species
word: sabrecat
sense: other feline species
word: sabre-toothed cat
sense: other feline species
taxonomic: Felis margarita
word: sand cat
sense: other feline species
word: scimitar cat
sense: other feline species
word: scimitar-toothed cat
sense: other feline species
word: tiger cat
word: catess
word: gib
word: he-cat
word: queen
word: ram-cat
word: she-cat
word: tom
word: tomcat
word: alley cat
word: barn cat
word: Cheshire cat
word: feral cat
word: farm cat
word: furbaby
word: purrito
word: wild cat
word: hairless
word: longhair
word: shorthair
word: bicolour
word: bluepoint
word: calico
word: chocolate point
word: colourpoint
word: lilac point
word: red point
word: seal point
word: torbie
word: tort
word: tortie
word: tortoiseshell
word: tuxedo
word: void
Meronyms: word: claw
word: Jacobson's organ
word: paw
Derived terms: word: a cat can look at a king
word: a cat in gloves catches no mice
word: a cat in hell's chance
word: a cat may look at a king
word: all cats are grey by night
word: all cats are grey in the dark
word: alley cat
word: anticat
word: Arnold's cat map
word: ball-tailed cat
word: barn cat
word: bearcat
word: bear cat
word: bell the cat
word: big cat
word: black cat
word: blue cat
word: cabbit
word: cactus cat
word: care killed a cat
word: care killed the cat
word: cat activation noise
word: cataholic
word: cat and dog
word: cat and dog life
word: cat and kitten sneaking
word: cat-and-mouse
word: cat and mouse
word: cat around
word: catbath
word: cat bear
word: catbird
word: cat-bird
word: cat bird
word: cat-block
word: catblogging
word: cat box
word: catboy
word: cat-burglar
word: cat burglar
word: cat-burglarize
word: cat burglary
word: cat-burgle
word: catbutt
word: cat cafe
word: cat café
word: catcall
word: cat-call
word: cat calling the kettle black
word: cat-castle
word: catcatcher
word: catclaw
word: cat-claw
word: cat containment
word: cat-cow
word: cat cracker
word: cat distribution system
word: catdom
word: cat door
word: caterole
word: caterwaul
word: catess
word: cat-eye
word: cat-eyed
word: cat eye syndrome
word: catface
word: cat factory
word: catfall
word: cat farm
word: catfight
word: cat fight
word: catfish
word: catfit
word: cat-flap
word: cat flap
word: cat food
word: cat-foot
word: cat-footed
word: catfucker
word: cat-fur
word: cat fur
word: catgender
word: catgirl
word: cat-girl
word: cat girl
word: cat got someone's tongue
word: cat got your tongue?
word: cat grape
word: catgut
word: cathair
word: cat-hammed
word: cat-harpin
word: cat-harping
word: cathead
word: cat-head
word: cathole
word: cat-hole
word: cat hole
word: cathood
word: cat hotel
word: cathouse
word: cat-house
word: cat house
word: cat ice
word: caticorn
word: cat in hell's chance
word: cat in the meal-tub
word: cat in the meal tub
word: cat in the pan
word: cat in the sack
word: catio
word: catitude
word: catkin
word: catkind
word: cat lady
word: catlap
word: cat-lap
word: catless
word: catlet
word: cat-lick
word: catlicker
word: catlike
word: cat-like
word: catling
word: cat litter
word: cat liver fluke
word: catloaf
word: catlore
word: catlover
word: catloving
word: catly
word: cat malogen
word: cat-man
word: cat man
word: cat meat
word: cat milk
word: catmill
word: cat mill
word: catmint
word: catnap
word: cat-nap
word: cat nap
word: catnapper
word: cat-napper
word: cat napper
word: catness
word: catnip
word: cat-nip
word: cat nip
word: cat-o'-nine
word: cat-o-nine
word: cat-o'-nine-tails
word: catophile
word: cat organ
word: catperson
word: cat piss
word: catproof
word: cat-proof
word: cat-rigged
word: cat-salt
word: cat's cradle
word: catscratch
word: cat scratch
word: cat-scratch disease
word: cat scratch disease
word: cat-scratch fever
word: cat scratch fever
word: cat's eye
word: catsfoot
word: cat's-foot
word: catshank
word: catshark
word: catshit
word: cat-shy
word: catsicle
word: cat-sit
word: cat sit
word: catsitter
word: catskin
word: catskinner
word: catslaughter
word: catslide
word: cat's meat
word: cat's melody
word: cat's meow
word: cat snake
word: cat's pajamas
word: cat's pyjamas
word: cat's paw
word: catspeak
word: cat squirrel
word: catstail
word: cat state
word: catstep
word: catstick
word: cat-stick
word: catstitch
word: cat stretch
word: catsuit
word: cat's whisker
word: cat's whiskers
word: catswort
word: cattail
word: cat-tail sedge
word: cat tax
word: cattery
word: cat that ate the canary
word: cat that swallowed the canary
word: cat that got the cream
word: cat thyme
word: cattish
word: cattitude
word: catto
word: cat tongue
word: cat tower
word: cat train
word: cat-trap
word: cat tree
word: catty
word: cat unit
word: Caturday
word: catvertising
word: cat wagon
word: catwalk
word: cat-walk
word: catwalker
word: cat wheel
word: catwise
word: cat-witted
word: catwoman
word: catworm
word: catwort
word: channel cat
word: Cheshire cat
word: chessy cat
word: civet cat
word: civvy cat
word: community cat
word: conceited as a barber's cat
word: cool cat
word: coon cat
word: copycat
word: copy-cat
word: copy cat
word: cow cat
word: curiosity killed the cat
word: dead cat
word: dead-cat bounce
word: dead cat bounce
word: different breed of cat
word: dog and cat
word: dogs have masters, cats have staff
word: dogs have owners, cats have staff
word: domestic cat
word: duck-bill cat
word: duckbill cat
word: duck-billed cat
word: enough to make a cat laugh
word: ewe cat
word: farm cat
word: fat-cat
word: fat cat
word: feral cat
word: fight like cat and dog
word: fight like cats and dogs
word: flying cat
word: fraidy cat
word: fraidy-cat
word: gib-cat
word: gib cat
word: grandcat
word: great cat
word: grin like a Cheshire cat
word: guilty as a cat in a goldfish bowl
word: he-cat
word: hellcat
word: hepcat
word: hep-cat
word: hep cat
word: herd cats
word: housecat
word: house cat
word: hunting cat
word: hydrophobia cat
word: Janus cat
word: Japan cat
word: Java cat
word: jungle cat
word: KatyCat
word: kick at the cat
word: Kilkenny cat
word: kit-cat
word: kitling
word: kitty-cat
word: kitty cat
word: kleptocat
word: lap cat
word: lead a cat-and-dog life
word: let the cat out
word: let the cat out of the bag
word: like a cat in a strange garret
word: like a cat on a hot tin roof
word: like a cat on hot bricks
word: like a scalded cat
word: like herding cats
word: like the cat that got the cream
word: lolcat
word: look like something the cat brought in
word: look like something the cat dragged in
word: look what the cat dragged in
word: look what the cat drug in
word: look what the cat's dragged in
word: look who the cat dragged in
word: make a cat laugh
word: marbled cat
word: m-cat
word: mercat
word: mudcat
word: multicat
word: musk cat
word: native cat
word: nervous as a cat
word: nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs
word: noncat
word: not enough room to swing a cat
word: not while pussy's a cat
word: old cat
word: painted cat
word: phoby cat
word: play the cat and banjo with
word: podcat
word: poor as a barber's cat
word: pork-cat syndrome
word: pseudocat
word: pussy cat
word: put the cat among the pigeons
word: rain cats and dogs
word: ram-cat
word: reduced cat
word: ringtail cat
word: ring-tail cat
word: ringtailed cat
taxonomic: Bassariscus astutus
word: ring-tailed cat
word: ring-tailed civet cat
word: robocat
word: saltcat
word: scaredy cat
word: scaredy-cat
word: Schrödinger's cat
word: sea cat
word: which way the cat jumps
word: set the cat among the pigeons
word: she-cat
word: shoot the cat
word: sick as a cat
word: singed cat
word: skin the cat
word: snowcat
word: so help me cat
word: spokescat
word: stink-cat
word: tear a cat
word: tear-cat
word: the cat would eat fish but would not wet her feet
word: there are many ways to skin a cat
word: there's more than one way to skin a cat
word: there's more than one way to feed a cat
word: there's more than one way to fuck a cat
word: thin as a barber's cat
word: tip-cat
word: toddy cat
word: tomcat
word: tom-cat
word: tom cat
word: top cat
word: troll cat
word: Velcro cat
word: wait for the cat to jump
word: walk back the cat
word: walk the cat back
word: wampus cat
word: watchcat
word: werecat
word: when the cat's away the mice will play
word: whip the cat
word: wildcat
word: wild-cat
word: wild cat
word: wobbly cat syndrome