CAT

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A mammal of the family Felidae.

   “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.”

2. isim A carnivorous, four-legged, generally furry domesticated species (Felis catus) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet.

   “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.”

3. isim The flesh of this animal eaten as food.

   ““[…]—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.”

4. isim Any similar, chiefly non-domesticated, carnivorous mammal of the family Felidae, which includes bobcats, caracals, cheetahs, cougars, leopards, lions, lynxes, tigers, and other such species.

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

5. isim Chiefly with a descriptive word: an animal not of the family Felidae which (somewhat) resembles a domestic feline (etymology 1, noun sense 1.1.1).

   “civet cat    polecat”

6. isim An angry or spiteful person, especially a woman.

   “But, ere one rapid moon its tale has told, / He finds his prize — a cat — a slut — a scold.”

7. isim An ordinary person, especially a man; a fellow, a guy.

   “Now you've listened to my story / Here's the point that I have made / Cats were born to give chicks fever / Be it Fahrenheit or Centigrade”

8. isim Synonym of itinerant worker.
9. isim A jazz musician; also, an enthusiast of jazz music.

   “a jazz cat”

10. isim Synonym of prostitute.

    “"Tell me. Willie said there was a cat in love with you. That isn't true, is it?" "Yes. It's true," Hudson corrects her, letting her think that by "cat" he means prostitute.”

11. isim A double tripod for holding a plate, etc., with six feet, of which three rest on the ground in whatever position it is placed.
12. isim The game of trap ball; also (countable), the trap in that game.
13. isim The pointed piece of wood that is struck in the game of tipcat.
14. isim A strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the cathead of a ship.

    “Overhaul down & hook the cat, haul taut. Walk away the cat. When up, pass the cat head stopper. Hook the fish in & fish the anchor.”

15. isim Ellipsis of cat-o'-nine-tails.

    “[H]e whipped a black man for disobedience of his orders fifty lashes; and again whipped him with a cat, which he wound with wire, about the same number of stripes;[…] he used this cat on one other man, and then destroyed the cat wound with wire.”

16. isim Now only in catboat: a sturdy merchant sailing vessel.
17. isim A wheeled shelter, used in the Middle Ages to protect assailants approaching besieged enemy defences; a cathouse.

    “From behind the narrow slits in the walls of Castellar, crossbowmen and archers took aim at the juddering cat as it came closer.”

18. isim A vagina or vulva.

    “"What the hell, so this broad's got a prematurely-gray cat."”

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

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

20. fiil To flog with a cat-o'-nine-tails.
21. fiil 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.”

22. fiil 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.”

23. fiil To gossip in a catty manner.

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

24. isim A program and command in Unix that reads one or more files and directs their content to the standard output.
25. fiil To apply the cat command to (one or more files).
26. fiil To dump large amounts of data on (an unprepared target), usually with no intention of browsing it carefully.
27. isim A street name of the drug methcathinone.
28. isim Abbreviation of catapult.

    “a carrier's bow cats”

29. isim Abbreviation of catalytic converter.
30. isim Abbreviation of catamaran.

    “These cats are a lot of fun in the harbor, but they're a real thrill on the open ocean riding ground swells.”