· feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats

Synonym(s): true_cat

Hypernym(s): feline, felid

· an informal term for a youth or man; "a nice guy"; "the guy's only doing it for some doll"; "the poor sod couldn't even buy a drink"

Synonym(s): guy, hombre, bozo, sod

Hypernym(s): man, adult_male

· a spiteful woman gossip; "what a cat she is!"

Hypernym(s): gossip, gossiper, gossipmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger, newsmonger, woman, adult_female

· 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"

Synonym(s): kat, khat, qat, quat, Arabian_tea, African_tea

Hypernym(s): stimulant, stimulant_drug, excitant

· a whip with nine knotted cords; "British sailors feared the cat"

Synonym(s): cat-o%27-nine-tails

Hypernym(s): whip

· a large tracked vehicle that is propelled by two endless metal belts; frequently used for moving earth in construction and farm work

Synonym(s): Caterpillar

Hypernym(s): tracked_vehicle

· any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild

Synonym(s): big_cat

Hypernym(s): feline, felid

· 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

Synonym(s): computerized_tomography, computed_tomography, CT, computerized_axial_tomography, computed_axial_tomography, CAT

Hypernym(s): X-raying, X-radiation

· beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails

Hypernym(s): flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce

· 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"

Synonym(s): vomit, vomit_up, purge, cast, sick, be_sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw_up

Hypernym(s): excrete, egest, eliminate, pass