[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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