cat

Terms relating to animals.

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.

Terms relating to animals.

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.

A group of wild cats is called a destruction.

Terms relating to animals.

“[…]—Say, do you mind telling me if people around here really eat cats?” He felt a shiver in the pit of his stomach. “Do they eat cat?” said the little old man, profoundly shocked.

You do not eat cat simply for the thrill of eating cat. You eat cat because cats have a lively jingshen, or spirit, and thus by eating the animal you will improve your spirits.

Terms relating to animals.

I grabbed it and ran over to the lion from behind, the cat still chewing thoughtfully on Silent's arm.

If you should someday round a corner on the hiking trail and come face to face with a mountain lion, you would probably never forget the mighty cat.

Terms relating to animals.

civet cat    polecat

To hoist (an anchor) by its ring so that it hangs at the cathead.

The anchors were catted at the bows of the yacht […]

To flog with a cat-o'-nine-tails.

To vomit.

‘He's going to cat, Maxim,’ said the Pussum warningly. The suave young Russian rose and took Halliday by the arm, leading him away.

To go wandering at night.

"He doesn't realize that I know," Lord Callan said, "but it's been pretty obvious that most of his catting about London's darker alleys has been a search for his origins.

This was going to be my first try at catting out. I went looking for somebody to cat with me.

To gossip in a catty manner.

Men from young to middleaged, with matt faces, vivacious and brightly dressed, catted together in gay groups.

They smiled, touched, rolled their eyes and raised their eyebrows, as they relived the audition and catted about some of their competition.

A program and command in Unix that reads one or more files and directs their content to the standard output.