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Meaning ofcatin English

cat

Pluralcats
Past Tensecatted
Participle Verbcatting
Third Person Singularcats

Definitions

Noun
1. a small carnivorous mammal; domesticated pet
2. a domesticated feline animal (pet)
3. wild felines like lions, tigers, leopards
  The biologist studied the behavior of big cats in their natural habitat.
4. a spiteful or angry woman
  The neighbor complained about the angry cat who always yelled at her children.
5. a nautical tackle for anchors
  The sailor carefully operated the cat to lift the heavy anchor.
6. a Unix program reading files; output
  The programmer used the cat command to display the contents of the file.
7. a medical imaging technique (CAT scan)
  The doctor ordered a CAT scan to examine the patient's brain.
8. a jazz enthusiast or musician
  The cool cat played a soulful melody on his saxophone.
9. a type of multi-tailed whip
  The cat o' nine tails was used as a punishment in the naval history.
Verb
1. to hoist an anchor by its ring; nautical
  The crew had to cat the anchor before they could set sail.
2. to flog with a cat-o'-nine-tails; punishment
  The captain ordered to cat the disobedient sailor as punishment.
3. to apply the cat command; files
  The system administrator used the cat command to view the system logs.
4. to dump excessive data (on someone, unfiltered)
  The IT specialist warned against catting unnecessary data to the network.

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