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cat
noun- a man US, 1920
- The other cats from the corner of Division and Western didn’t do so good. — Mezz Mezzrow, Really the Blues, p. 3, 1946
- So for the lawyer for these two cats that got twisted found out the cat was a Federal narcotics agent. — William Burroughs, Junkie, 1953
- I don’t want to sound square or anything, but you don’t look like my grandmother at all. You look like some other cat. — Steve Allen, Bop Fables, p. 46, 1955
- Man, he’d be blasting with every mad cat he could find. — Jack Kerouac, On the Road, p. 158, 1957
- The sharp-dressed young “cats” who hung on the corners and in the poolrooms, bars and restaurants, and who obviously didn’t work anywhere, completely entranced me. — Malcolm X and Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, p. 43, 1964
- After this, I met a lot of cats I’d known at Wiltwyck, in Youth House, in the streets; cats from Brooklyn, cats K.B. had cut me into; and cats I had only seen passing by. — Claude Brown, Manchild in the Promised Land, p. 141, 1965
- Well, this cat is well read and we exchange reading material. — Eldridge Cleaver, Soul on Ice, p. 46, 1968
- A strong trio of serious business-oriented cats should develop this liberation of space within the cities[.] — The Digger Papers, p. 15, August 1968
- Hippy term for any male within the hippy world or the drug scene. “He’s a cool cat” would mean “He is a self-assured, ‘knowing’ man who is one of us.” — David Powis, The Signs of Crime, 1977
- a black person US
- Where we grew up, you never came in contact very often with many cats. — Dan Jenkins, Semi-Tough, p. 11, 1972
- a spiteful, gossiping woman UK
A back-formation from CATTY - — Angus Wilson, Such Darling Dodos, 1950
- the vagina UK, 1720
- That puckered gash looked like she had grown an extra “cat.” — Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck), Pimp, p. 116, 1969
- a passive homosexual male; any male homosexual AUSTRALIA, 1950
Simes (A Dictionary of Australian Underworld Slang, 1990) notes that in prison “cats” are “young prisoners who, though usually heterosexual prior to incarceration, submit to the passive role in homosexual relations in prison.” But also in prison “cat” is used to refer to known homosexuals who are often segregated from other inmates. Outside of prison the term is used generally of homosexual men: perhaps an extension of the meaning as “a woman.” The suggestion that it is a shortening of “catamite” has no supporting evidence. - That muscular loudmouth who is always barrelling cats and poofters is quite likely to be a screaming drag queen himself. — Suzy Jarratt, Permissive Australia, p. 54, 1970
- “Well, t’ put it bluntly, are you a cat?” “No, I’m fucken not!” Redford relaxed a little realising that he’d upset him. “Well, if you are, you’ve got no worries. I won’t lag you–you’ve go no worries on that score.” “I don’t know what gives you the idea that I might be, er,” Andrew hesitated over the word, “camp, but you can forget it, I’m not!” — Bob Jewson, Stir, p. 108, 1980
- Hocks give it. And Cats take it. — Kathy Lette, Girls’ Night Out, p. 174, 1987
- He’s a fair dinkum cat. They deserve each other those two[.] — Clive Galea, Slipper, p. 223, 1988
- Some of the prisoners had decided that if they were going to have to fuck a man then he may as well at least look like a woman, and so they took the cats on as lovers. — William Dodson, The Sharp End, p. 40, 2001
- The cat wing was the home of Long Bay’s transsexual criminals. — William Dodson, The Sharp End, p. 40, 2001
- a lion; a tiger; a leopard UK
Circus usage, usually in the plural. - Horses are “prads,” lions and tigers “cats,” monkeys are “monks” and dogs “buffers.” — Butch Reynolds, Broken Hearted Clown, p. 32, 1953
- in circus and carnival usage, a trouble-making southern rustic US
- — Don Wilmeth, The Language of American Popular Entertainment, p. 47, 1981
- a poorly performing racing greyhound AUSTRALIA
- — Ned Wallish, The Truth Dictionary of Racing Slang, p. 13, 1989
- in poker, a nonstandard hand such as the “little cat,” “big cat,” etc US
- — George Percy, The Language of Poker, p. 18, 1988
- heroin US
- — Peter Johnson, Dictionary of Street Alcohol and Drug Terms, p. 34, 1993
- methcathinone US
- The recipe for cat, based on (widely available) ephedrine, has been widely disseminated on the internet. — Steven Daly and Nathaniel Wice, alt.culture, p. 148, 1995
- — Office of National Drug Control Policy, Drug Facts, February 2003
- a category UK, 1984
- “He’s got his Cat D!” [...] “Cat D” meant recategorisation to “suitable for open conditions.” — Guardian, 11 January 2001
- They can shove their C Cat and they can shove their D Cat. In a little while I’m gonna be a free Cat! — Guardian, 27 June 2002
- a Caterpillar tractor or other type of heavy equipment US, 1918
- I felt a little embarrassed with my silly beret but the cat operators didn’t even look and soon we left them behind[.] — Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums, p. 45, 1958
- a catalytic converter, an emissions-control device US
- — John Edwards, Auto Dictionary, p. 26, 1993
- a hydraulic catapult on an aircraft carrier US, 1962
- — John Winton, HMS Leviathan, 1967
- a catamaran UK, 1984
- a boat of any description UK
- — F. H. Burgess, A Dictionary of Sailing, 1961
▶ let the cat out of the bag
to disclose a secret UK, 1760- Greg Dyke rather let the cat out of the bag at Edinburgh when he said he wasn’t quite sure what BBC2 was about. — Guardian, 23 October 2000
▶ on the cat
staying away from home at night US- When I was on the cat, I knew that I was going to get caught sooner or later, but I just didn’t want to get caught before I had stolen a new suit. — Claude Brown, Manchild in the Promised Land, p. 69, 1965
▶ on the cat hop
in railway slang, on time US- — Norman Carlisle, The Modern Wonder Book of Trains and Railroading, p. 266, 1946
- — Ramon Adams, The Language of the Railroader, p. 108, 1977
▶ put a cat among the pigeons; set the cat among the pigeons
to stir up trouble UK, 1976- But it might put a cat among the pigeons. — A.S. Byatt, Possession, p. 99, 1990
- [H]e whistled up some pal of his to set the cat among the pigeons up here in Chinatown, and then he sat back and waited for the tongs to do what they always do. — Lee Child, Running Blind, p. 216, 2000
▶ something the cat dragged in; something the cat has brought in
used as the epitome of someone who is bedraggled UK, 1928- Christ, you look like something the cat dragged in. Don’t tell me that’s the latest style in London. — Fern Michaels, Texas Rich, p. 240, 1985
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