shoot the cat en · VERB
Meanings
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(UK, obsolete, slang) To vomit.
“[…] I am telling you the man is as sick as a— a—” “A dog,” Roland supplied. “Shot the cat twice after we got him to bed.”
2013, Anita Mills, Miss Gordon's Mistake:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| shooting the cat | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| shoots the cat | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| shot the cat | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| shot the cat | Tense=Past | lexicographic |