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Meaning of cat

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  cat
      n 1: feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability
           to roar: domestic cats; wildcats [syn: {cat}, {true cat}]
      2: an informal term for a youth or man; "a nice guy"; "the guy's
         only doing it for some doll" [syn: {guy}, {cat}, {hombre},
         {bozo}]
      3: a spiteful woman gossip; "what a cat she is!"
      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; "in Yemen kat is used daily by 85% of adults"
         [syn: {kat}, {khat}, {qat}, {quat}, {cat}, {Arabian tea},
         {African tea}]
      5: a whip with nine knotted cords; "British sailors feared the
         cat" [syn: {cat-o'-nine-tails}, {cat}]
      6: a large tracked vehicle that is propelled by two endless
         metal belts; frequently used for moving earth in construction
         and farm work [syn: {Caterpillar}, {cat}]
      7: any of several large cats typically able to roar and living
         in the wild [syn: {big cat}, {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 [syn: {computerized
         tomography}, {computed tomography}, {CT}, {computerized axial
         tomography}, {computed axial tomography}, {CAT}]
      v 1: beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails
      2: 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" [syn: {vomit}, {vomit up}, {purge}, {cast},
         {sick}, {cat}, {be sick}, {disgorge}, {regorge}, {retch},
         {puke}, {barf}, {spew}, {spue}, {chuck}, {upchuck}, {honk},
         {regurgitate}, {throw up}] [ant: {keep down}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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