Phrase Hound found 192 phrases and 63 compound words that contain cats. The most common are listed below. Open cats in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 192
- cats and dogsA heavy rain; a large amount of rain.
- dogs and catsplural of dog and cat: A team comprising one male and one female, either working as associates or having one as the second-in-command to the other.
- rain cats and dogsTo rain very heavily.
- herd catsTo attempt to control the uncontrollable; to attempt to manage a great many unruly factors or people to a single end.
- Ti-CatsThe Hamilton Tiger-Cats, a team in the Canadian Football League.
- big catsplural of big cat: Any large felid of the Pantherinae subfamily, including tigers, lions, jaguars, leopards, and clouded leopards.
- Black Catsplural of Black Cat: A fisher, North American marten that has thick brown fur (Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti).
- cats' eyesplural of cat's eye
- cool catsplural of cool cat: A person who performs or appreciates jazz, especially one whose style of speech and movement is relaxed and rhythmic.
- copy-catsplural of copy-cat: One who imitates or plagiarizes the work of others.
- dead catsplural of dead cat: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dead, cat.
- domestic catsplural of domestic cat: A domesticated cat, of the species Felis catus or subspecies Felis silvestris catus, especially one kept as a pet or for vermin control.
- farm catsplural of farm cat: A domestic cat, usually of a mixed breed, that lives primarily outdoors, in a feral or semiferal state on agricultural properties and is expected to provide pest control by hunting rodents.
- fat catsplural of fat cat: A rich person who contributes to a political campaign.
- fishing catsplural of fishing cat: A medium-sized cat whose habitat range extends through Indochina, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Sumatra and Java; (Prionailurus viverrinus).
- great catsplural of great cat: Any large feline animal, especially one of the Panthera genus, including tigers, lions, jaguars and leopards.
- house catsplural of house cat: A domestic cat, Felis catus, commonly kept as a pet animal.
- pussy-catsplural of pussy-cat: A pet domestic cat; a pussy.
- small catsplural of small cat: Any felid of the Felinae subfamily, including domestic cats, ocelots, cheetahs, cougars, and lynx.
- top catsplural of top cat: The boss, the leader (of the pack).
- Van catsplural of Van cat: A distinctive landrace of domestic cat, found in the Lake Van region of eastern Turkey. It is relatively large, has a chalky white coat, sometimes with ruddy coloration on the head and hindquarters, and has blue or amber …
- wild catsplural of wild cat: An undomesticated felid, as tigers or lions.
- cats' concertThe cacophony of meows, hisses, and other vocalizations that cats make during a period of social interaction.
- tiger catsplural of tiger cat: Any of several species of felids:
- pole catsplural of pole cat: Any of several long-bodied mammals of the subfamilies Mustelinae and Ictonychinae, both in the weasel family Mustelidae.
Compound words 63
- CatsianOf or pertaining to Jacob Cats (1577–1660), Dutch poet, humorist, jurist and politician, best known for his emblem books.
- wildcatsplural of wildcat: A cat that lives in the wilderness, specifically:
- bobcatsplural of bobcat: A North American wildcat (Lynx rufus), having tufted ears and a short tail.
- CatskillCatskill Creek.
- CatskillsThe Catskill Mountains
- bearcatsplural of bearcat: Any member of diverse species of the order Carnivora:
- pussycatsplural of pussycat: A pet domestic cat; a pussy.
- avocatsplural of avocat: An advocate; a lawyer.
- copycatsplural of copycat: One who imitates or plagiarizes the work of others.
- sabercatsplural of sabercat: sabre-toothed cat