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An animal of the family Felidae :
*2011 , Karl Kruszelnicki, Brain Food (ISBN 1466828129), page 53:
*:Mammals need two genes to make the taste receptor for sugar. Studies in various cats (tigers, cheetahs and domestic cats) showed that one of these genes has mutated and no longer works.
#A domesticated subspecies (Felis silvestris catus ) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet.
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#*:At twilight in the summer there is never anybody to fear—man, woman, or cat —in the chambers and at that hour the mice come out. They do not eat parchment or foolscap or red tape, but they eat the luncheon crumbs.
#Any similar animal of the family Felidae, which includes lions, tigers, bobcats, etc.
A catfish.
*1913 , (Willa Cather), :
*:She missed the fish diet of her own country, and twice every summer she sent the boys to the river, twenty miles to the southward, to fish for channel cat .
A person.
#(lb) A spiteful or angry woman.
#An enthusiast or player of jazz.
#*2008 , (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds), "Hold on to Yourself":
#*:I turn on the radio / There's some cat on the saxophone / Laying down a litany of excuses
#(lb) A person (usually male).
#(lb) A prostitute.
(lb) A strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the cathead of a ship.
(Short form of) cat-o'-nine-tails.
*1839 , testimony by , recorded in the Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York (Assembly No. 335), page 44:
*:he used this '''cat''' on one other man, and then destroyed the ' cat wound with wire.
(lb) Any of a variety of earth-moving machines. (from their manufacturer )
(lb) A sturdy merchant sailing vessel (now only in "catboat").
The game of "trap and ball" (also called "cat and dog").
#The trap of the game of "trap and ball".
A vagina, a vulva; the female external genitalia.
*1969 , Iceberg Slim, Pimp: The Story of My Life (Holloway House Publishing):
*:"What the hell, so this broad's got a prematurely-gray cat ."
*2005 , Carolyn Chambers Sanders, Sins & Secrets (Hachette Digital):
*:As she came up, she tried to put her cat in his face for some licking.
*2007 , Franklin White, Money for Good (Simon and Schuster), page 64:
*:I had a notion to walk over to her, rip her apron off, sling her housecoat open and put my finger inside her cat to see if she was wet or freshly fucked because the dream I had earlier was beginning to really annoy me.
A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.) with six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever position it is placed.
(nautical) To hoist (the anchor) by its ring so that it hangs at the cathead.
(nautical) To flog with a cat-o'-nine-tails.
(slang) To vomit something.
(computing) A program and command in Unix that reads one or more files and directs their content to an output device.
(computing) To apply the cat command to (one or more files).
To dump large amounts of data on (an unprepared target) usually with no intention of browsing it carefully.
(Ireland, informal) terrible, disastrous.
Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae , most of which spin webs to catch prey.
(Internet) A program which follows links on the World Wide Web in order to gather information.
(chiefly, Australia, and, New Zealand) A float (drink) made by mixing ice-cream and a soda or fizzy drink (such as lemonade).
* 2002', Katharine Gasparini, ''Cranberry and vanilla ice cream '''spider'' , recipe in ''Cool Food ,
(slang) A spindly person.
(slang) A man who persistently approaches or accosts a woman in a public social setting, particularly in a bar.
(snooker, billiards) A stick with a convex arch-shaped notched head used to support the cue when the cue ball is out of reach at normal extension; a bridge.
(cookware, US, UK, historical) A cast-iron frying pan with three legs, once common in open-hearth cookery.
* 1846 , Mary Hooker Cornelius, The Young Housekeeper's Friend ,
* 2005 , Marty Davidson, Grandma Grace's Southern Favorites , recipe for “strawberry coconuts”, Rutledge Hill Press, ISBN 1-4016-0219-3, page 193:
* 2008 , Corona Club (San Francisco, California), Corona Club Cook Book ,
(cookware) Implement for moving food in and out of hot oil for deep frying, with a circular metal mesh attached to a long handle.
* 1996 , City and Guilds of London Institute, Food preparation and cooking. Cookery units. Student guide. , Stanley Thornes, ISBN 0-7487-2566-0, unit 2ND5, element 2, page 157:
* 2008 , Anna Kasabian and David Kasabian, The Wild Fish Cookbook , Creative Publishing International, ISBN 1-58923-317-4, page 84:
A part of a crank, to which the chainrings are attached
(slang) Heroin (street drug).
(music) Part of a resonator instrument that transmits string vibrations from the bridge to a resonator cone at multiple points.
A skeleton or frame with radiating arms or members, often connected by crosspieces, such as a casting forming the hub and spokes to which the rim of a fly wheel or large gear is bolted; the body of a piston head; or a frame for strengthening a core or mould for a casting.
(Internet, of a computer program) to follow links on the World Wide Web in order to gather information.
As an adverb cat
is how much.As an adjective cat
is how much.As a noun spider is
any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order araneae , most of which spin webs to catch prey.As a verb spider is
(internet|of a computer program) to follow links on the world wide web in order to gather information.cat
English
(wikipedia cat)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) , (etyl) (m).Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* ) * (any member of the family Felidae) felid * feline cat, a feline * pantherine cat, a pantherine * panther (i.e. tiger, lion, jaguar, leopard), (narrow sense) panther (i.e. black panther) * , "saber-toothed cat" (saber-tooth) * (domestic species) puss, pussy, malkin, kitty, pussy-cat, grimalkin * (man) bloke (qualifier), chap (British), cove (UK), dude, fellow, fella, guy * (spiteful woman) bitch * See also * See alsoHyponyms
* (domestic species) housecat, malkin, kitten, mouser, tomcatDerived terms
* a cat may look at a king * all cats are grey in the dark, all cats are grey by night * alley cat * African golden cat * Andean cat * Asiatic golden cat * bay cat * black-footed cat * bobcat * barn cat * Burmese cat, Burmese * cat and mouse * cat box * cat food * cat that ate the canary, cat that swallowed the canary * cat in the meal-tub * cat in the sack * catbird * cat-block * cat-burglar * catcall * cat-eyed * caterwaul * catfish * cat-flap * cat-footed * cat got someone's tongue, cat got your tongue? * catgut * cat-harpin * cathead, cat-head * cat-house * cat-ice * catkin * cat-lap * cat-lick * catlike * catling * cat litter * catloaf * catly * catmint * cat-nap, cat nap, catnap * catnip * cat-o'-nine-tails * cat's cradle * cat's eye * cat's meat * cat's meow * cat's pajamas, the cat's pyjamas * cat's paw * cat scratch fever * cat state * cat's-tail * cat's whisker * cat's whiskers * cattish * catshit * cat-trap * catty * Caturday * catwalk, cat-walk * cat-witted * Chinese desert cat * copycat * curiosity killed the cat * domestic cat * fat cat * feral cat * fight like cats and dogs * fishing cat * flat-headed cat * Geoffroy's cat * housecat * it would make a cat laugh * jungle cat * lead a cat-and-dog life * leopard cat * let the cat out of the bag * like a cat in a strange garret * like a cat on hot bricks * like a cat on a hot tin roof * like herding cats * like the cat that got the cream * little spotted cat * lolcat * Maine Coon cat, Maine Coon * Manx cat, Manx * marbled cat * native cat * not enough room to swing a cat * Pallas cat * pampas cat * Persian cat, Persian * rain cats and dogs * reduced cat * Russian Blue cat, Russian Blue * rusty-spotted cat * sand cat * scaredy-cat * * Siamese cat, Siamese * spokescat * tabby cat, tabby * there's more than one way to skin a cat, there is more than one way to skin a cat * tom cat, tomcat * wait for the cat to jump * wildcat, wild cat * when the cat's away the mice will playSee also
* Burmese * feline * kitten, kitty * Manx * Maine Coon * meow * mog, moggie, moggy * miaow * nine lives * Persian * Russian Blue * * Siamese * tabbyVerb
(catt)Etymology 2
Abbreviation of catamaran .Etymology 3
Abbreviation of catenate .Noun
(en noun)Verb
(catt)Etymology 4
Possibly a shortened form of catastrophic.Adjective
(-)- The weather was cat , so they returned home early.
Usage notes
This usage is common in speech but rarely appears in writing.Etymology 5
Shortened from methcathinone.Noun
(-)Etymology 6
Shortened from catapult.References
spider
English
Noun
(en noun)page 339.
page 146, recipe 28 “To fry salt pork”:
- Cut slices and lay them in cold water in the spider'; boil them up two or three minutes, then pour off the water and set the ' spider again on the coals and brown the slices on each side.
- In spider pan or deep skillet set over hot coals, quickly fry a few at a time in deep lard until brown.
page 202,
- Melt ½ the dry sugar in the spider , stirring with knife until all is melted.
- If you are deep-frying your falafel, use a spider or basket to place them gently into the hot oil, which should be preheated to a temperature of 175°C (330°F).
- Consider investing in a frying basket or a spider' for small amounts of fish. A ' spider looks like a metal web and has a long handle and can lower and raise fish from the hot oil.
Derived terms
* (assassin spider) * (coconut spider) * (pelican spider) * spiderdom * spidership * spideryVerb
(en verb)- ''The online dictionary is regularly spidered by search engines.
