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Definition:

  1. [noun] feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar; domestic cats; wildcats
    Synonyms: true

  2. [noun] an informal term for a youth or man; "a nice guy"; "the guy's only doing it for some doll"
    Synonyms: guy, hombre, bozo

  3. [noun] a spiteful woman gossip; "what a cat she is!"

  4. [noun] the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant; "in Yemen kat is used daily by 85% of adults"
    Synonyms: kat, khat, qat, quat, Arabian tea, African tea

  5. [noun] a whip with nine knotted cords; "British sailors feared the cat"
    Synonyms: -o'-nine-tails

  6. [noun] a large vehicle that is driven by caterpillar tracks; frequently used for moving earth in construction and farm work
    Synonyms: Caterpillar

  7. [noun] any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild
    Synonyms: big

  8. [noun] a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans along a single axis
    Synonyms: computerized tomography, computed tomography, CT, computerized axial tomography, computed axial tomography, CAT

  9. [verb] beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails

  10. [verb] eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night"
    Synonyms: vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up

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