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cat

1. n. a fellow; a guy; a dude. Now, this cat wants to borrow some money from me. What should I do?

2. in. to empty one’s stomach; to vomit. Looks like somebody catted in the bushes.

3. n. a gossipy woman. Mary can be such a cat, you know.

See:

• a cat may look at a king
• a cat nap
• a fat cat
• a grin like a Cheshire cat
• a kick at the cat
• a scaredy-cat
• all cats are gray in the dark
• all cats are grey at night
• all cats are grey by night
• alley cat
• as much chance as a wax cat in hell
• be like a cat on a hot tin roof
• be like herding cats
• be the cat's whiskers
• bell the cat
• bell the cat, who will
• black as a skillet
• busy as a beaver
• cat
• cat and mouse
• cat can look at a king
• cat got one's tongue
• cat got tongue
• Cat got your tongue?
• cat has nine lives
• cat ice
• cat in gloves catches no mice
• cat in the meal-tub
• cat in the sack
• cat on a hot tin roof
• cat-and-dog life
• cat-and-mouse game
• cats and dogs
• cat's claw
• cat's cradle
• cat's meow
• cat's pajamas
• cat's paw
• cat's whiskers
• cat-soup
• cat's-paw
• Cheshire cat
• conceited as a barber's cat
• cool cat
• Curiosity killed the cat
• dead cat on the line
• dog my cats
• faster than a cat lapping chain lightning
• fat cat
• fat-cat
• feel as if a cat has kittened in (one's) mouth
• fight like cat and dog
• fight like Kilkenny cats
• fraidy cat
• grin like a Cheshire cat
• Has the cat got tongue?
• have a cat in hell's chance
• herd cats
• It's raining cats and dogs!
• It's raining pitchforks
• keep no more cats than can catch mice
• lead a cat and dog life
• let the cat out of the bag
• like a cat in a strange garret
• like a cat on hot bricks
• like the cat that got the cream
• live under the cat's foot
• Look at what the cat dragged in!
• look like something the cat brought in
• look like something the cat dragged in
• look like the cat dragged in
• look like the cat that ate the canary
• look like the cat that swallowed the canary
• Look what the cat dragged in!
• Look what the cat's dragged in!
• mad enough to kick a cat
• more than one way to skin a cat
• not enough room to swing a cat
• painted cat
• play cat and mouse
• play cat and mouse with
• purr like a cat
• put down (an animal)
• put the cat among the pigeons
• rain cats and dogs
• raining cats and dogs
• room to swing a cat
• scaredy-cat
• see which way the cat jumps
• shoot the cat
• sling the cat
• smiling like a Cheshire cat
• the cat is out of the bag
• the cat that ate the canary
• the cat would eat fish, but would not wet her feet
• the cat's pajamas
• there are many ways to skin a cat
• There's more than one way to skin a cat
• wanton kittens make sober cats
• weak as a kitten
• well, dog my cats
• When the cat's away
• When the cat's away, the mice will play
• who's she, the cat's mother?