How to Spell cat
cat
cat - noun
- A carnivorous mammal (Felis catus) long domesticated as a pet and for catching rats and mice
- Any of a family (Felidae) of carnivorous usually solitary and nocturnal mammals (such as the domestic cat, lion, tiger, leopard, jaguar, cougar, wildcat, lynx, and cheetah)
- Guy
- A player or devotee of jazz
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary API
"some young … cat asked me to go drinking with him"
Etymology
Middle English, from Old English catt, probably from Late Latin cattus, catta cat
Word family
cats, catlike
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