[QUOTE] [B][SIZE=4]"cat"[/SIZE][/B] [B]noun[/B] [LIST=1] [*]feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar; domestic cats; wildcats [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/true cat]true cat[/URL]] [*]an informal term for a youth or man; "a nice guy"; "the guy's only doing it for some doll" [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/guy]guy[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/hombre]hombre[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/bozo]bozo[/URL]] [*]a spiteful woman gossip; "what a cat she is!" [*]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" [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/kat]kat[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/khat]khat[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/qat]qat[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/quat]quat[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/Arabian tea]Arabian tea[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/African tea]African tea[/URL]] [*]a whip with nine knotted cords; "British sailors feared the cat" [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/cat-o'-nine-tails]cat-o'-nine-tails[/URL]] [*]a large vehicle that is driven by caterpillar tracks; frequently used for moving earth in construction and farm work [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/Caterpillar]Caterpillar[/URL]] [*]any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/big cat]big cat[/URL]] [*]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 [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/computerized tomography]computerized tomography[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/computed tomography]computed tomography[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/CT]CT[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/computerized axial tomography]computerized axial tomography[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/computed axial tomography]computed axial tomography[/URL]] [/LIST] [B]verb[/B] [LIST=1] [*]beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails [*]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" [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/vomit]vomit[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/vomit up]vomit up[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/purge]purge[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/cast]cast[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/sick]sick[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/be sick]be sick[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/disgorge]disgorge[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/regorge]regorge[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/retch]retch[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/puke]puke[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/barf]barf[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/spew]spew[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/spue]spue[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/chuck]chuck[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/upchuck]upchuck[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/honk]honk[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/regurgitate]regurgitate[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/throw up]throw up[/URL]] [ant: [URL=http://www.word.sc/keep down]keep down[/URL]] [also: [URL=http://www.word.sc/catting]catting[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/catted]catted[/URL]] [/LIST] Source: [URL=http://www.word.sc/cat]http://www.word.sc/cat[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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