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Definition of cats
cat 
noun
- a female.
Look at that fine cat across the street.
- See more words with the same meaning: woman, women, female.
Last edited on Sep 22 1997. Submitted by Jose Arellano from Lubbock, TX, USA on Sep 22 1997.
- a person.
He's a strange cat.
Citation from "Meet Juan Doe", Raines (TV, 2007), Season 1 Episode 2 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002 film) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: dude, person of unspecified gender.
Last edited on Jun 07 2011. Submitted by Anonymous on Jun 11 1998.
- a friend, comrade.
All my cats are headed to the party.
- See more words with the same meaning: friend, friends.
Last edited on Jun 11 1998. Submitted by Anonymous on Jun 11 1998.
- the Caterpillar company.
- See more words with the same meaning: business (related to).
Last edited on Jul 19 2006. Submitted by Sal J. from Monterey, CA, USA on Jul 19 2006.
verb - transitive
- to imitate, or to take something from someone else and claim as one's own. From "copy-cat".
What you catting my word for?
Last edited on Dec 15 2010. Submitted by Smithy on Mar 19 2010.
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Other terms relating to 'business (related to)': | |
| Definitions include: money used to start a business. | |
| Definitions include: To copy or plagiarize, commonly used by emcees to indicate a plagiarist. | |
| Definitions include: to offer a promotion in a job or position in life. | |
| Definitions include: McDonald's. | |
| Definitions include: shortened form of "business." | |
| Definitions include: to invent ideas and solutions, usually by coming up with as many as possible while not rejecting any out of hand. | |
| Definitions include: the acquisition of one company by another, for the purpose of acquiring the employees more so than other aspects of the company's business. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "small office / home office". | |
| Definitions include: a person who provides illegal drugs. | |
| Definitions include: a person who always agrees with superiors. | |
| Definitions include: more than ramen profitable. | |
| Definitions include: to play with a Hacky Sack (footbag.) | |
| Definitions include: According to Oxford University Press Blog: | |
| Definitions include: a lucrative endeavor that requires little work. | |
| Definitions include: to "close" any location. | |
Other terms relating to 'dude, person of unspecified gender': | |
| Definitions include: to annoy someone. | |
| Definitions include: spelling variant of "dog". | |
| Definitions include: a formidable person. | |
| Definitions include: "Tweep I'd like to follow." | |
| Definitions include: a person who hypermiles. | |
| Definitions include: a female. | |
| Definitions include: friend; "dude". | |
| Definitions include: to swear. | |
| Definitions include: a person very skilled in a particular area. | |
| Definitions include: See also the man. | |
| Definitions include: a person who dyes their hair blonde. | |
| Definitions include: very good, excellent, impressive; "cool"; "awesome". | |
| Definitions include: an old male. | |
| Definitions include: people. | |
| Definitions include: a member of the Bloods gang. | |
Other terms relating to 'friend, friends': | |
| Definitions include: a person with whom one shares a flat; "roommate". | |
| Definitions include: a close male friend. | |
| Definitions include: inseparable. | |
| Definitions include: a close female friend, or one's best female friend. | |
| Definitions include: to be very close friends. | |
| Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool"; "awesome". | |
| Definitions include: a person who is both a friend and an enemy. | |
| Definitions include: best friend. | |
| Definitions include: friend. Sometimes pronounced "pot-na." | |
| Definitions include: colloquial pronunciation of fool. | |
| Definitions include: a very good, trusted friend, often from childhood; "homie"; "boy". | |
| Definitions include: short for "gangster" or "gangsta." | |
| Definitions include: friend, buddy, pal. | |
| Definitions include: "sister". | |
| Definitions include: friend; "dude". | |
Other terms relating to 'woman, women, female': | |
| Definitions include: A term describing a woman with disgustingly big hips wearing bell bottom pants. | |
| Definitions include: an (often attractive) female ("babe") hired to represent companies at trade fairs. | |
| Definitions include: a female. | |
| Definitions include: A girl who LOVES oral sex. | |
| Definitions include: an unattractive woman. | |
| Definitions include: an unattractive person from the Bush, i.e. the country-side of Australia. | |
| Definitions include: A woman expressing her leadership; mostly used by females referring to their role as the main and only leader. | |
| Definitions include: an attractive female / another word for shagging / to use. | |
| Definitions include: a promiscuous female. | |
| Definitions include: an attractive woman. | |
| Definitions include: an evil young woman with conspicuous sex appeal. | |
| Definitions include: any female who is extremely displeasing to the eye or to one's personal well-being. | |
| Definitions include: a female who is attractive with the exception of her face. | |
| Definitions include: form of reference for a female who's name one can't remember. | |
| Definitions include: "single white male". | |
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Other terms relating to 'cat': | |
| Definitions include: A male who moves in on and takes the attention of a female away from another male that she was potentially interested in. | |
| Definitions include: Long chain, such as a watch chain, worn by 'hep cats' and zoot suiters. | |
| Definitions include: a fight between two or more females. | |
| Definitions include: a short nap. | |
| Definitions include: A term used in the Bronx in the seventies denoting that a person is ignored, looked over, paid no attention to, wrote off, disrespected. | |
| Definitions include: raining hard. | |
| Definitions include: something really great. | |
| Definitions include: something great; "first rate." | |
| Definitions include: an infectious disease humans catch from cats. | |
| Definitions include: the best. | |
| Definitions include: the best you can get. | |
| Definitions include: a person who copies others. | |
| Definitions include: to hold down others from social progression. | |
| Definitions include: an admonishment that curiosity can be dangerous. | |
| Definitions include: a rich person. | |
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