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]