cat

Noun
  1. Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats;
    Wildcats (synset 102124272)
    is a type of: felid, feline - any of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals, many with retractile claws
    subtypes:
    same as: true cat
  2. An informal term for a youth or man (synset 110172934)
    "a nice guy"; "the guy's only doing it for some doll"; "the poor sod couldn't even buy a drink"
    is a type of: adult male, man - an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
    same as: bozo, guy, hombre, sod
  3. A spiteful woman gossip (synset 109919605)
    "what a cat she is!"
    is a type of:
  4. The leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea;
    Has the effect of a euphoric stimulant (synset 103614083)
    "in Yemen kat is used daily by 85% of adults"
    is a type of: excitant, stimulant, stimulant drug - a drug that temporarily quickens some vital process
    same as: african tea, arabian tea, kat, khat, qat, quat
  5. A whip with nine knotted cords (synset 102989061)
    "British sailors feared the cat"
    is a type of: whip - an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping
    same as: cat-o'-nine-tails
  6. A large tracked vehicle that is propelled by two endless metal belts;
    Frequently used for moving earth in construction and farm work (synset 102986962)
    is a type of: tracked vehicle - a self-propelled vehicle that moves on tracks
    same as: caterpillar
  7. Any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild (synset 102130460)
    is a type of: felid, feline - any of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals, many with retractile claws
    subtypes:
    • leopard, panthera pardus - large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots
    • ounce, panthera uncia, snow leopard - large feline of upland central Asia having long thick whitish fur
    • felis onca, jaguar, panther, panthera onca - a large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard; in some classifications considered a member of the genus Felis
    • king of beasts, lion, panthera leo - large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male
    • panthera tigris, tiger - large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes; endangered
    • liger - offspring of a male lion and a female tiger
    • tiglon, tigon - offspring of a male tiger and a female lion
    • acinonyx jubatus, cheetah, chetah - long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws; the swiftest mammal; can be trained to run down game
    • saber-toothed tiger, sabertooth - any of many extinct cats of the Old and New Worlds having long swordlike upper canine teeth; from the Oligocene through the Pleistocene
    belongs to: family felidae, felidae - cats; wildcats; lions; leopards; cheetahs; saber-toothed tigers
    same as: big cat
  8. A method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans along a single axis (synset 100903174)
    is a type of: x-radiation, x-raying - obtaining images by the use of X rays
    same as: computed axial tomography, computed tomography, computerized axial tomography, computerized tomography, ct
Verb
  1. Beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails (synset 201414524)
    is a type of: flog, lash, lather, slash, strap, trounce, welt, whip - beat severely with a whip or rod
  2. Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth (synset 200076153)
    "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night"
    is a type of: egest, eliminate, excrete, pass - eliminate from the body
    same as: barf, be sick, cast, chuck, disgorge, honk, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up

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