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"

Examples: "I can see the cat from here." "That cat belongs to me." "The cat is very important."

📚 Apprentice

Old English

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

by Harry Chapin

1974

"Cat's in the cradle"

Context: Folk rock classic

by The Cure

1983

"We're the love cats"

Context: New wave hit