cat

nouns

feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
cat, true cat
an informal term for a youth or man
"a nice guy"; "the guy's only doing it for some doll"
bozo, cat, guy, hombre
a spiteful woman gossip
"what a cat she is!"
cat
is derived from
catty
is a type of (narrower)
a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others
gossip, gossiper, gossipmonger, newsmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger
is a type of (narrower)
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
"the woman kept house while the man hunted"
adult female, woman
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"
African tea, Arabian tea, cat, kat, khat, qat, quat
a whip with nine knotted cords
"British sailors feared the cat"
cat, cat-o'-nine-tails
a large tracked vehicle that is propelled by two endless metal belts; frequently used for moving earth in construction and farm work
Caterpillar, cat
domain usage
slang
any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild
big cat, cat

verbs

beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails
cat
is a type of (narrower)
beat severely with a whip or rod
"The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
flog, lash, lather, slash, strap, trounce, welt, whip
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"
barf, be sick, cast, cat, chuck, disgorge, honk, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up