cats

Definition of cats in English English dictionary: plural form of cat; Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cat; plural form of category; a popular musical (=a play that uses singing and dancing to tell a story) by Andrew Lloyd Webber, which is based on T.S. Eliot 's book of poems for children, Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats; Acronym for the Campus Area Transportation System, a fare-free shuttle system servicing the University community; third-person singular of cat; Computer Assisted Trading System; Certificate of Accrual on Treasury Securities strips; provide therapeutic warmth, purring vibrations, comfort, entertainment, and demonstrate cat behavior; Combined Arms Training Strategy; Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme; Customer Activity Tracking System (5); Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme for modular degrees; Chicago Area Transportation Study, which is the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for Northeastern Illinois (Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, Will, and a portion of Kendall county); Are Certificates of Accrual on Treasury Securities In a generic sense, the sliced off interest payments or coupons are called strips or zeroes At those times the discounted bond principal is referred to as the Corpus; plural of cat; Communication and Technology Services; Common Assessment Tasks; the state's assessment and accountability system, mandated by the 1998 General Assembly; CDMA Automated Test System; Credit and Accumulation Transfer Scheme; Cognitive Ability Tests Diagnostic assessments for Year 7 pupils to measure an individual's potential `ability' in verbal reasoning, quantitative skills and non-verbal reasoning (see also ALIS, YELLIS, SATS, PIPS and baseline assessment); Corrective Action Teams; modules allow the University to operate within the National Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS) The scheme recognises a student's achievement at the end of each module and level; Symbols of eternit Black cats are creatures of good fortune; Computerized Accounting Tool Series; See: Certificate of Accrual on Treasury Securities (CATS)
cats' eyes: plural form of cat's eye
cats and dogs: in very great quantities
cats have nine lives: cats presumed ability to survive many mishaps
California spangled cats: plural form of California spangled cat
calico cats: plural form of calico cat
Andean cats: plural form of Andean cat
Bombay cats: plural form of Bombay cat
CAT: Coital Alignment Technique
CAT: conidial anastomosis tube
CAT: crisis assessment team
CAT: Computer-assisted translation
CAT: Counter Assault Team
CAT: Career Aptitude Test
CAT: chloramphenicol acetyltransferase
CAT: Computer Aided Transceiver
CAT: Canadian Achievement Tests
CAT: Centre for Alternative Technology
CAT: Clear air turbulence
CAT: Citizenship Advancement Training
CAT: Computed axial tomography
CAT: Computer Aided Translation
CAT: Citizens Area Transit
CAT: Computer-adaptive test
CAT: Cambridge Antibody Technology
CAT: Credit Authorization Terminal
CAT: Cosmic Anisotropy Telescope
CAT: Civil Air Transport
CAT: Common Admission Test
Cat: A diminutive of the female given name Catherine
Cat: The Caterpillar brand of heavy machinery
Chinese desert cats: plural form of Chinese desert cat
Chinese mountain cats: plural form of Chinese mountain cat
Geoffroy's cats: plural form of Geoffroy's cat
Iriomote cats: plural form of Iriomote cat
Maltese cats: plural form of Maltese cat
Serengeti cats: plural form of Serengeti cat
all cats are gray at night: Variant of all cats are grey in the dark
all cats are gray in the dark: Variant of all cats are grey in the dark
all cats are grey at night: Variant of all cats are grey in the dark
alley cats: plural form of alley cat
bay cats: plural form of bay cat
big cats: plural form of big cat
black-footed cats: plural form of black-footed cat
cat: A strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the cathead of a ship
cat: To dump large amounts of data on (an unprepared target) usually with no intention of browsing it carefully
cat: Any similar animal of the family Felidae, which includes lions, tigers, etc
cat: To apply the cat command to (a file)
cat: A catfish
cat: The game of "trap and ball" (also called "cat and dog")
cat: A person (usually male)
cat: A catamaran
cat: A ‘catenate’ program and command in Unix that reads one or more files and directs their content to an output device
cat: A sturdy merchant sailing vessel
cat: Contraction of cat-o'-nine-tails
No room to swing a cat.
cat: terrible, disastrous
The weather was cat, so they returned home early.
cat: To hoist (the anchor) by its ring so that it hangs at the cathead
cat: To flog with a cat-o'-nine-tails
cat: Any of a variety of earth-moving machines. (from their manufacturer Caterpillar Inc.)
cat: Prostitute
cat: To vomit something
cat: A domesticated subspecies (Felis silvestris catus) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet
coon cats: plural form of coon cat
desert cats: plural form of desert cat
dog my cats: Joe Ross: Funny old world.
dog my cats: used as a mild oath, or as an expression of astonishment
dog my cats: "Why, dog my cats, they must a ben a house-full o' niggers in there every night for four weeks to a done all that work, Sister Phelps." — Mark Twain, "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", 1884
dog my cats: I began to feel sorry for Hubby, dog my cats if I didn't. — O. Henry, "The Four Million", 1906
dog my cats: and standing on one leg beside the bath, like Slingsby, had whispered: "Ho, ho, ho! Dog my cats!" mysteriously, to bring luck. — John Galsworthy, The Forsyte Saga, "Awakening", 1920
domestic cats: plural form of domestic cat
fat cats: plural form of fat cat
fisher cats: plural form of fisher cat
fishing cats: plural form of fishing cat
flat-headed cats: plural form of flat-headed cat
fraidy cats: plural form of fraidy cat
hep cats: plural form of hep cat
herd cats: To attempt to control the uncontrollable
house cats: plural form of house cat
lap cats: plural form of lap cat
leopard cats: plural form of leopard cat
marbled cats: plural form of marbled cat
musk cats: plural form of musk cat
rain cats and dogs: To rain very heavily
rain dogs and cats: To rain very heavily
The shelter'd Centaurs roar and yell;.
rained cats and dogs: Simple past tense and past participle of rain cats and dogs
rains cats and dogs: Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rain cats and dogs
reduced cats: plural form of reduced cat
sand cats: plural form of sand cat
scardey cats: plural form of scardey cat
scaredy cats: plural form of scaredy cat
tom cats: plural form of tom cat
tortoiseshell cats: plural form of tortoiseshell cat
cat: {i} feline, small furry mammal which is often kept as a pet; any of a number of large wild animals belonging the family felidae (lion, tiger, leopard, etc.); vicious or spiteful woman; (Slang) jazz player; (Slang) jazz fanatic; (Slang) guy, fellow
cat: A cat is a furry animal that has a long tail and sharp claws. Cats are often kept as pets
cat: An animal of various species of the genera Felis and Lynx
raining cats and dogs: raining very hard
cat: {n} a domestic animal, kind of ship, whip, fish
herding cats: (deyim) The phrase herding cats comes from the common saying that something involving coordination of many different groups or people is as difficult as herding cats. One of the commonly encountered uses of the term in technical fields is the phrase "Managing programmers is like herding cats" or "Managing engineers is like herding cats". It refers to the individualism common in the stereotypical examples of programmers and domesticated cats. A similar phrase, allegedly of Irish origins, is "Minding mice at a crossroads"
it's raining cats and dogs: It is pouring, it is coming down like a flood, it is raining heavily
CAT: field of computer technology applications that automates or assists in translating text from one spoken language to another
Cat: a short form of Catherine
Cat: neko
Jacob Cats: known as Father Cats born Nov. 10, 1577, Brouwershaven, Zeeland, Spanish Netherlands died Sept. 12, 1660, Zorgvliet, near The Hague Dutch poet. A magistrate and high official, he was enormously popular as a writer of emblem books, consisting of woodcuts or engravings with verses possessing a moral. His Mirror of Old and New Times (1632) contains many quotations that have become household sayings in the Netherlands, and he used it to express the ethical concerns of Dutch Calvinists, especially about love and marriage
Jacobus Cats: known as Father Cats born Nov. 10, 1577, Brouwershaven, Zeeland, Spanish Netherlands died Sept. 12, 1660, Zorgvliet, near The Hague Dutch poet. A magistrate and high official, he was enormously popular as a writer of emblem books, consisting of woodcuts or engravings with verses possessing a moral. His Mirror of Old and New Times (1632) contains many quotations that have become household sayings in the Netherlands, and he used it to express the ethical concerns of Dutch Calvinists, especially about love and marriage
cat: A spiteful or angry woman
cat: Computerized Axial Tomography
cat: Synonym for USER_CATALOG
cat: a large vehicle that is driven by caterpillar tracks; frequently used for moving earth in construction and farm work
cat: feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar; domestic cats; wildcats a spiteful woman gossip; "what a cat she is!"
cat: A cat o' nine tails
cat: Computerized (axial) tomography scan
cat: Component Architecture Toolkit A software layer above a grid that enables end users to make use of the Grid services in order to build and run distributed component-based applications
cat: To bring to the cathead; as, to cat an anchor
cat: Cats are lions, tigers, and other wild animals in the same family. see also Cheshire cat, fat cat, wildcat
cat: a spiteful woman gossip; "what a cat she is!"
cat: Refers to the public transport catamaran - a Brisbane City Council ferry - which services the Bulimba area today
cat: A category Usually refers to a category of precipitation given by the forecast models
cat: Computer-Assisted Topography
cat: A strong vessel with a narrow stern, projecting quarters, and deep waist
cat: Computed (Computerized) Axial Tomography (See CT)
cat: The trap of the game of "trap and ball"
cat: 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
cat: means any live or dead cat (Felis catus) or any cat-hybrid cross
cat: (c) A game of ball, called, according to the number of batters, one old cat, two old cat, etc
cat: If you put the cat among the pigeons or set the cat among the pigeons, you cause fierce argument or discussion by doing or saying something. The bank is poised to put the cat among the pigeons this morning by slashing the cost of borrowing
cat: sno-cat snow tractor CRAWLIES - blowing snow that snakes along at ground level
cat: Computed Axial Tomography Now called simply Computed Tomography See Computed Tomography
cat: In the United States the name wild cat is commonly applied to the bay lynx (Lynx rufus) See Wild cat, and Tiger cat
cat: any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild
cat: An old game; (a) The game of tipcat and the implement with which it is played
cat: Cognitive Ability Test (Produced by the National Foundation for Educational Research)
cat: {f} raise anchor (Nautical); vomit (Slang)
cat: It is employed in the coal and timber trade
cat: Credit Authorization Terminal; See POS
cat: Computer Aided (or Assisted) Translation CAT usually refers to machine translation but also includes the use of translation memory tools Modern computer aids also include analysis software, glossary and index generators, and text mining These programs can examine a document and return an "inverted file" with listings and counts of words and segments for pre-processing of a document and assessing its suitability for translation, by machines or human translators
cat: A domesticated species of feline animal commonly kept as a house pet
cat: A male person who's hip Beatnik term adopted by hippies
cat: Crew Aids and Tools
cat: In a fight or contest, if one person plays cat and mouse, or a game of cat and mouse, with the other, the first person tries to confuse or deceive the second in order to defeat them. After three hours of playing cat and mouse, they threatened to open fire on our vessel, so we stopped
cat: feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar; domestic cats; wildcats
cat: A center for underwater tourism (a concept being pursued by Kharax)
cat: A strong tackle used to draw an anchor up to the cathead of a ship
cat: If you let the cat out of the bag, you tell people about something that was being kept secret. You often do this by mistake
cat: Cardholder activated terminal Card schemes further subdivide CATs into groups, for example, low-value vending machines, limited-value (e g petrol pumps) and unlimited value on-line terminals (e g kiosks and ticket booking systems)
cat: The European wild cat (Felis catus) is much larger than the domestic cat
cat: A generic term for an earth moving machine, derived from both caterpillar and bobcat
cat: feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar; domestic cats; wildcats a spiteful woman gossip; "what a cat she is!" beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails
cat: Contraction of cat-o-nine-tails
cat: Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme CILT: Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research Culture shock: "Anxiety relating to disorientation from exposure to a new culture" (Gass & Selinker, 1994: 237)
cat: The game of "trap and ball" (also called "cat and dog")"
cat: An enthusiast or player of jazz
cat: 1 a lapwarmer with a built-in buzzer 2 a four footed allergen 3 a small, four-legged, fur-bearing extortionist 4 a small, furry lap fungus 5 a treat-seeking missile 6 a wildlife control expert 7 one who sleeps in old, empty pizza boxes 8 a hair relocation expert 9 an unprogrammable animal
cat: If you say `There's no room to swing a cat' or `You can't swing a cat', you mean that the place you are talking about is very small or crowded. It was described as a large, luxury mobile home, but there was barely room to swing a cat. the British Government guide to standards for the Individual Saving Accounts ( ISA ) introduced in 1999. It stands for reasonable Cost, easy Access, decent Terms. or feline Any member of the family Felidae, the most highly specialized group of mammalian carnivores. Modern-type cats appeared in the fossil record about 10 million years ago. Cats in the genus Panthera (leopard, jaguar, tiger, and lion) roar but cannot purr, and their pupils are round. Other cats, including the snow leopard and cougar, can purr but do not roar; the pupil is usually vertical. Cats have sharp, retractable (except in the cheetah) claws, and their teeth are adapted for stabbing, anchoring, and cutting. They almost always land on their feet when they fall from a height. Most species are nocturnal, and their eyes are adapted for seeing in low light. Cats are known for their habit of grooming themselves with their rasplike tongue. Small cats have been domesticated for some 3,500 years (see domestic cat). Other cat species include the bobcat, caracal, lynx, ocelot, serval, and wildcat. Abyssinian cat Burmese cat calico cat cat's eye domestic cat house cat Kit Cat Club Maine coon cat Manx cat bear cat cat bear Persian cat sabre toothed cat Scottish fold cat shorthair cat Siamese cat sphynx cat Turkish Angora cat Turkish van cat Cats Jacobus Father Cats
cat: an informal term for a youth or man; "a nice guy"; "the guy's only doing it for some doll"
cat: a whip with nine knotted cords; "British sailors feared the cat"
cat: beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails
cat: The domestic cat is Felis domestica
cat: A double tripod for holding a plate, etc
cat: A person (usually male); dude (in its non-derogatory senses), guy, fella
cat: concatenate files and print to standard output
cat: Computer Adaptive Testing
cat: having six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever position it is placed
cat: 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"
cat: 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"
cat: {s} (Slang) unpleasant, rough
it rains cats and dogs: rain is coming down like a flood, it is raining heavily, it is pouring
kilkenny cats: It is probably a parable of a local contest between Kilkenny and Irishtown, which impoverished both towns
kilkenny cats: Two cats fabled, in an Irish story, to have fought till nothing was left but their tails