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| 1. | [ noun ] (zoology) feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar; domestic cats; wildcats | |
| Synonyms: | true_cat | |
| Related terms: | feline wildcat domestic_cat | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (trademark) a large vehicle that is driven by caterpillar tracks; frequently used for moving earth in construction and farm work | |
| Synonyms: | Caterpillar | |
| Related terms: | tractor tracked_vehicle caterpillar_tread trademark | |
| 3. | [ verb ] eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth | |
| Synonyms: | vomit throw_up retch regorge regurgitate sick honk purge puke barf spew spue be_sick chuck upchuck disgorge cast vomit_up | |
| Examples: | "After drinking too much, the students vomited" "He purged continuously" "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night" |
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| Related terms: | keep_down excrete gag vomit spewer heave vomit emetic | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (arms) a whip with nine knotted cords | |
| Synonyms: | cat-o'-nine-tails | |
| Examples: | "British sailors feared the cat" |
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| Related terms: | whip | |
| 5. | [ noun ] a spiteful woman gossip | |
| Examples: | "what a cat she is!" |
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| Related terms: | woman gossip | |
| 6. | [ noun ] an informal term for a youth or man | |
| Synonyms: | guy bozo hombre | |
| Examples: | "a nice guy" "the guy's only doing it for some doll" |
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| Related terms: | man sod | |
| 7. | [ noun ] (zoology) any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild | |
| Synonyms: | big_cat | |
| Related terms: | feline lion jaguar tiger liger cheetah snow_leopard tiglon leopard saber-toothed_tiger Felidae | |
| 8. | [ verb ] beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails | |
| Related terms: | flog cat-o'-nine-tails | |
| 9. | [ noun ] (pharmacology) the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant | |
| Synonyms: | arabian_tea kat khat qat quat african_tea | |
| Examples: | "in Yemen kat is used daily by 85% of adults" |
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| Related terms: | stimulant | |
| 10. | [ noun ] (computer science,medicine) 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 | |
| Synonyms: | CT computerized_axial_tomography computed_axial_tomography computerized_tomography computed_tomography | |
| Related terms: | X-raying | |
| Similar spelling: |
Catt Cato Cate catty Catto Catoe Cathy Cathi catha cattie Cathie Cathey Cathay Cahita cad Cady cade Cada cauda caddy Caddo |
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