{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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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)
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
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
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"
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"