Dictionary

cat meat en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (uncountable) Cat eaten as meat.
2. (uncountable) Meat prepared to be given as food for a cat.
   • 2008, Too Much Sunlight, by Pat Gerber. Page 23. *By this time Suzanna was no longer cooking offal for the cats, but always had a tin of cat meat at home so gave the kitten a portion.
3. (slang, uncountable) Someone who has been badly beaten.
   • Anyone who attacks this fort will be turned to cat meat.
   • In 1976, country singer Hank Snow has turned the killers of children to cat meat by lashing them with his belt.

Forms

Hypernyms

cat food

Relateds

cat's meat

Synonyms

catflesh · gutter rabbit · roof rabbit · cat

Translations (20)

fi kissan liha (cat eaten as meat) · es carne de gato (cat eaten as meat) · vi thịt mèo (cat eaten as meat) · ko 고양이고기 (cat eaten as meat) · eo kataĵo (cat eaten as meat) · ca carn de gat (cat eaten as meat) · mn муурын мах (cat eaten as meat) · eo kataĵo (meat for a cat) · de Katzenfleisch (cat eaten as meat) · fi kissa (cat eaten as meat) · pl kocie mięso (cat eaten as meat) · pl kocina (cat eaten as meat) · th เนื้อแมว (cat eaten as meat) · ru коша́тина (cat eaten as meat) · fr viande de chat (cat eaten as meat) · fi kissanruoka (meat for a cat) · cmn 貓肉 /猫肉 (cat eaten as meat) · eo kataĵo (someone badly beaten) · fi kissanliha (cat eaten as meat) · fi jauheliha (someone badly beaten)