cat

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[edit] English

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A domestic cat (1)
A domestic cat (1)

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[edit] Etymology 1

Old English catt m., catte f., from Germanic *kattuz, from Late Latin cattus; reinforced during Middle English by Old North French cat, a variation of Old (and modern) French chat, also from Late Latin cattus. Cognate with Dutch kat, German Katze, French chat and Spanish and Portuguese gato.

[edit] Noun

Singular
cat

Plural
cats

cat (plural cats)

  1. A domesticated species (Felis silvestris) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet.
  2. Any similar animal of the family Felidae, which includes lions, tigers, etc.
  3. A catfish.
  4. A spiteful or angry woman.
  5. An enthusiast or player of jazz.
  6. (nautical) A strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the cathead of a ship.
  7. (nautical) Contraction of cat-o'-nine-tails.
    No room to swing a cat.
  8. (slang) A person (usually male); dude (in its non-derogatory senses), guy, fella.
  9. (slang) A generic term for an earth moving machine, derived from both caterpillar and bobcat.
  10. (archaic) A sturdy merchant sailing vessel (now only in "catboat").
  11. (archaic, uncountable) The game of "trap and ball" (also called "cat and dog").
  12. (archaic, uncountable) The trap of the game of "trap and ball".

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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to cat

Third person singular
cats

Simple past
catted

Past participle
catted

Present participle
catting

to cat (third-person singular simple present cats, present participle catting, simple past and past participle catted)

  1. (nautical) To hoist (the anchor) by its ring so that it hangs at the cathead.
  2. (nautical) To flog with a cat-o'-nine-tails.
  3. (slang) To vomit something.

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[edit] Etymology 2

Abbreviation of catamaran.

[edit] Noun

Singular
cat

Plural
cats

cat (plural cats)

  1. A catamaran.

[edit] Etymology 3

Abbreviation of catenate.

[edit] Noun

Singular
cat

Plural
cats

cat (plural cats)

  1. (computing) A ‘catenate’ program and command in Unix that reads one or more files and directs their content to an output device.

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Infinitive
to cat

Third person singular
cats

Simple past
catted

Past participle
catted

Present participle
catting

to cat (third-person singular simple present cats, present participle catting, simple past and past participle catted)

  1. (computing) To apply the cat command to (a file).
  2. (computing slang) To dump large amounts of data on (an unprepared target) usually with no intention of browsing it carefully.

[edit] Etymology 4

Possibly a shortened form of chaotic.

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cat (comparative more cat, superlative most cat)

Positive
cat

Comparative
more cat

Superlative
most cat

  1. (Ireland, informal) terrible, disastrous.
    The weather was cat, so they returned home early.

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This usage is common in speech but rarely appears in writing.

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[edit] Noun

cat

  1. paint

[edit] Irish

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: [kat̪ˠ]

[edit] Noun

cat m.

  1. cat (domestic feline; member of Felidae)

[edit] Declension

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cat cait
Vocative a chait a chata
Genitive cait cat
Dative cat cait

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an cat na cait
Genitive an chait na gcat
Dative leis an gcat

don chat

leis na cait

[edit] Mutation

Irish mutation