cat
1. feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats;
wildcats (Freq. 18)
• Syn:
true cat
• Hypernyms:
feline, felid
• Hyponyms:
domestic cat, house cat, Felis domesticus, Felis catus, wildcat
2. a spiteful woman gossip
- what a cat she is!
• Derivationally related forms:
catty
• Hypernyms:
gossip, gossiper, gossipmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger,
newsmonger, woman, adult female
3. the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea;
has the effect of a euphoric stimulant
- in Yemen kat is used daily by 85% of adults
• Syn:
kat, khat, qat, quat, Arabian tea, African tea
• Hypernyms:
stimulant, stimulant drug, excitant
4. an informal term for a youth or man
- a nice guy
- the guy's only doing it for some doll
• Syn:
guy, hombre, bozo
• Hypernyms:
man, adult male
• Hyponyms:
sod
5. a whip with nine knotted cords
- British sailors feared the cat
• Syn:
cat-o'-nine-tails
• Hypernyms:
whip
6. a large tracked vehicle that is propelled by two endless metal belts;
frequently used for moving earth in construction and farm work
• Syn:
Caterpillar
• Usage Domain:
slang, trademark (for: Caterpillar)
• Hypernyms:
tracked vehicle
7. any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild
• Syn:
big cat
• Hypernyms:
feline, felid
• Hyponyms:
leopard, Panthera pardus, snow leopard, ounce, Panthera uncia,
jaguar, panther, Panthera onca, Felis onca, lion, king of beasts,
Panthera leo, tiger, Panthera tigris, liger, tiglon, tigon,
cheetah, chetah, Acinonyx jubatus, saber-toothed tiger, sabertooth
• Member Holonyms:
Felidae, family Felidae
1. beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails
• Hypernyms:
flog, welt, whip, lather, lash,
slash, strap, trounce
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- They want to cat the prisoners
2. eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
- After drinking too much, the students vomited
- He purged continuously
- The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night
• Syn:
vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick,
be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf,
barf, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk,
regurgitate, throw up
• Ant:
keep down (for: vomit)
• Derivationally related forms:
regurgitation (for: regurgitate), spewer (for: spew), puke (for: puke), puking (for: puke), retch (for: retch), disgorgement (for: disgorge), sick (for: sick), vomit (for: vomit), vomiter (for: vomit), vomiting (for: vomit)
• Hypernyms:
excrete, egest, eliminate, pass
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something (for: throw up)
- Somebody ----s something (for: regurgitate)
- Somebody ----s something (for: retch)
- Somebody ----s something (for: vomit up)
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