bearcat | (noun) arboreal civet of Asia having a long prehensile tail and shaggy black hair | Synonyms: Arctictis bintourong, binturong |
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bobcat | (noun) small lynx of North America | Synonyms: bay lynx, Lynx rufus |
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cat | (noun) feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats | Synonyms: true cat |
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(noun) any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild | Synonyms: big cat |
(noun) a whip with nine knotted cords | Synonyms: cat-o'-nine-tails |
(noun) a large tracked vehicle that is propelled by two endless metal belts; frequently used for moving earth in construction and farm work | Synonyms: Caterpillar |
(noun) the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant | Synonyms: African tea, Arabian tea, kat, khat, qat, quat |
(noun) a spiteful woman gossip | - |
(noun) an informal term for a youth or man | Synonyms: bozo, guy, hombre, sod |
copycat | (noun) someone who copies the words or behavior of another | Synonyms: ape, aper, emulator, imitator |
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ducat | (noun) formerly a gold coin of various European countries | - |
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hellcat | (noun) a malicious woman with a fierce temper | Synonyms: harpy, vixen |
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mudcat | (noun) large catfish of central United States having a flattened head and projecting jaw | Synonyms: flathead catfish, goujon, Pylodictus olivaris, shovelnose catfish, spoonbill catfish |
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(noun) flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed | Synonyms: catfish |
muscat | (noun) sweet aromatic grape used for raisins and wine | Synonyms: muscat grape, muscatel |
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(noun) wine from muscat grapes | Synonyms: muscadel, muscadelle, muscatel |
(noun) any of several cultivated grapevines that produce sweet white grapes | Synonyms: muskat |
polecat | (noun) dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened | Synonyms: fitch, foulmart, foumart, Mustela putorius |
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(noun) American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae | Synonyms: skunk, wood pussy |
pussycat | (noun) informal terms referring to a domestic cat | Synonyms: kitty-cat, kitty, puss, pussy |
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(noun) a person who is regarded as easygoing and agreeable | - |
requiescat | (noun) a prayer for the repose of the soul of a dead person | - |
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scat | (noun) singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument | Synonyms: scat singing |
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tomcat | (noun) male cat | Synonyms: tom |
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wildcat | (noun) any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild | - |
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(noun) an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field | Synonyms: wildcat well |
(noun) a cruelly rapacious person | Synonyms: beast, brute, savage, wolf |