1. (

• cat ,
• true_cat

) feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats ;

2. (

• guy ,
• cat ,
• hombre ,
• bozo ,
• sod ,

) an informal term for a youth or man; "a nice guy"; "the guy's only doing it for some doll"; "the poor sod couldn't even buy a drink" ;

3. (

• cat

) a spiteful woman gossip; "what a cat she is!" ;

4. (

• kat ,
• khat ,
• qat ,
• quat ,
• cat ,
• Arabian_tea ,
• African_tea

) 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" ;

5. (

• cat-o'-nine-tails ,
• cat

) a whip with nine knotted cords; "British sailors feared the cat" ;

6. (

• Caterpillar ,
• cat ,

) a large tracked vehicle that is propelled by two endless metal belts; frequently used for moving earth in construction and farm work ;

7. (

• big_cat ,
• cat ,

) any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild ;

8. (

• computerized_tomography ,
• computed_tomography ,
• CT ,
• computerized_axial_tomography ,
• computed_axial_tomography ,
• CAT

) 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 ;

1. (

• cat

) beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails ;

2. (

• vomit ,
• vomit_up ,
• purge ,
• cast ,
• sick ,
• cat ,
• be_sick ,
• disgorge ,
• regorge ,
• retch ,
• puke ,
• barf ,
• spew ,
• spue ,
• chuck ,
• upchuck ,
• honk ,
• regurgitate ,
• throw_up

) 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" ;