cat


cat (http://definr.com/cat)

     n 1: feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable
          to roar; domestic cats; wildcats [syn: 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, hombre,
        bozo]
     3: a spiteful woman gossip; "what a cat she is!"
     4: a whip with nine knotted cords; "British sailors feared the
        cat" [syn: cat-o'-nine-tails]
     5: (trademark) a tractor that is driven by caterpillar tracks
        [syn: Caterpillar]
     6: any of several large cats typically able to roar and living
        in the wild [syn: big cat]
     7: a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X
        rays and using a computer to construct an image [syn: {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" [syn: vomit, {vomit
        up}, cast, sick, regurgitate, be sick, disgorge,
         regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck,
         upchuck, honk, throw up] [ant: keep down]