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1. Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur; includes domestic cats, lions and tigers
   - true cat
    
2. A domesticated cat, commonly kept as a pet
   - domestic cat, house cat, Felis domesticus, Felis catus, kitty, kitty-cat, puss, pussy, pussycat, mog [Brit], moggie [Brit], moggy [Brit]
    
3. Any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild
   - big cat
    
4. An informal term for a youth or man
   "a nice cat";
   - guy, hombre, bozo [N. Amer]
    
5. A spiteful woman gossip
   "what a cat she is!"
    
6. 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 cat is used daily by 85% of adults";
   - kat, khat, qat, quat, Arabian tea, African tea
    
7. A whip with nine knotted cords
   "British sailors feared the cat";
   - cat-o'-nine-tails
    
8. A large tracked vehicle that is propelled by two endless metal belts; frequently used for moving earth in construction and farm work
   - Caterpillar

1. Beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails
    
2. Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
   - vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, barf, spew, spue [archaic], chuck, upchuck [N. Amer], honk, regurgitate, throw up, hurl, keck, chuck up [Brit], chunder [Brit]

1. 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
   - computerized tomography, computed tomography, CT, computerized axial tomography, computed axial tomography, computerised tomography [Brit], computerised axial tomography [Brit]

Derived forms: catting, cats, catted

Type of: adult female, adult male, domestic animal, domesticated animal, egest, eliminate, excitant, excrete, felid, feline, flog, gossip, gossiper, gossipmonger, lash, lather, man, newsmonger, pass, rumormonger [US], rumourmonger [Brit, Cdn], slash, stimulant, stimulant drug, strap, tracked vehicle, trounce, welt, whale [N. Amer], whip, woman, X-radiation, X-raying

Part of: clowder, family Felidae, Felidae, Felis, genus Felis

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