cat's meow
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English [edit]
Noun [edit]
- (idiomatic, dated) A self-satisfied person.
- (idiomatic) A highly sought-after and fancy example of something.[1]
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- That new car was really the cat's meow.
Synonyms [edit]
- (highly sought-after example of something):
- the bee's knees
- the cat's pyjamas, the cat's whiskers
- cat's ass (vulgar)
References [edit]
- ^ New York Times, August 6, 1922: "The flapper tells her "cakie" that a Chauve Souris sundae is "just the cat's meow"."
