cat

Meanings

• feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
• an informal term for a youth or man
• a spiteful woman gossip
  • "what a cat she is!"
• the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant
• a whip with nine knotted cords
  • "British sailors feared the cat"
• a large tracked vehicle that is propelled by two endless metal belts; frequently used for moving earth in construction and farm work
• any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild
• 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
• beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails
• eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth

Synonyms

African tea, Arabian tea, barf, be sick, big cat, bozo, cast, cat-o'-nine-tails, Caterpillar, chuck, computed axial tomography, computed tomography, computerized axial tomography, computerized tomography, CT, disgorge, guy, hombre, honk, kat, khat, puke, purge, qat, quat, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spew, spue, throw up, true cat, upchuck, vomit, vomit up