<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>a small domesticated carnivore, Felis domestica or F. catus, bred in a number of varieties.</li><li>any of several carnivores of the family Felidae, such as the lion, tiger, leopard, jaguar, etc.</li><li>Older Slang: a person, especially a man.</li><li>a devotee of jazz.</li><li>a woman given to spiteful or malicious gossip.</li><li>a cat-o'-nine-tails.</li><li>Games: Chiefly British: the game of tipcat, or the tapering piece of wood used in the game.</li><li>one old cat, two old cat, three old cat, four old cat.</li><li>a catboat.</li><li>a catamaran.</li><li>a catfish.</li><li>Obsolete: the fur of the domestic cat.</li><li>Nautical: a tackle used in hoisting an anchor to the cathead, a projecting timber or metal beam where the anchor is secured.</li><li>a double tripod having six legs but resting on only three no matter how it is set down, usually used before or over a fire.</li><li>(in medieval warfare) a movable shelter for providing protection when approaching a fortification.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with or without object):</strong></p><ul><li>to vomit.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object):</strong></p><ul><li>to flog with a cat-o'-nine-tails.</li><li>to hoist (an anchor) and secure to a cathead, a projecting timber or metal beam where the anchor is secured.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object):</strong></p><ul><li>British Slang: to vomit.</li><li>Slang: to seek sexual activity indiscriminately.</li><li>to spend one's time aimlessly or idly.</li></ul>