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)

Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary API

"some young … cat asked me to go drinking with him"

Synonyms: feline, house cat, kitty, moggy, puss, pussy, pussycat, bastard

📚 Apprentice

Old English

Middle English, from Old English catt, probably from Late Latin cattus, catta cat

cats, catlike