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storm cats and dogs en · VERB

Meanings

  1. To storm and rain heavily; synonym of rain cats and dogs.
    • Annie was standing beside the stove, showing her assistant, a Finnish girl from the village, how to flip bacon grease up and over frying eggs. “I think it is going to storm cats and dogs today, Dad,” announced Danny, jerking his thumb […] 1934, Nancy Noon Kendall, The New House:
    • About 10 o'clock, Burdell pushed forth into the wind and the rain — it was storming cats and dogs — and headed for his home at 31 Bond. 1913, Pearson's Magazine, page 376:
    • It was storming cats and dogs, with lighting and thunder. 2011, Tommy Chamberlain, A Spoon Full of Sugar, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 7:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
storming cats and dogs Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
storms cats and dogs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
stormed cats and dogs Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
stormed cats and dogs Tense=Past lexicographic