cat meat

See also: catmeat

English

Alternative forms

• catmeat

Pronunciation

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Noun

cat meat (uncountable)

1. Cat eaten as meat.

   Synonyms: cat, catflesh, gutter rabbit (euphemistic), roof rabbit (euphemistic)

2. Meat prepared to be given as food for a cat.

   Hypernym: cat food

   • 2008, Too Much Sunlight, by Pat Gerber. Page 23. *By this time Suzanna was no longer cooking offal for the cats, but always had a tin of cat meat at home so gave the kitten a portion.
3. (slang) Someone who has been badly beaten.

   Anyone who attacks this fort will be turned to cat meat.

   In 1976, country singer Hank Snow has turned the killers of children to cat meat by lashing them with his belt.

Related terms

• cat's meat

Translations

cat eaten as meat

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 貓肉／猫肉 (māoròu)

• Esperanto: kataĵo
• Finnish: kissa (fi), kissan liha, kissanliha
• French: viande de chat f
• German: Katzenfleisch n
• Mongolian: муурын мах (muuryn max)
• Polish: kocie mięso n, kocina f
• Russian: коша́тина (ru) f (košátina)
• Spanish: carne de gato f
• Thai: เนื้อแมว (th)
• Vietnamese: thịt mèo

meat for a cat

• Esperanto: kataĵo
• Finnish: kissanruoka (fi)

someone badly beaten

• Esperanto: kataĵo
• Finnish: jauheliha (fi)

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