kat

Definitions of kat
  1. noun
    feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
    synonyms: dakhaas, katje, kattekop, kattenkop, poes
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    muizenval, muizenvanger, muizeval
    a cat proficient at mousing
    zwerfkat
    a homeless cat
    kater, mannetje
    male cat
    bontkraag, kattin, poes
    female cat
    bontkraag, poes
    a cat with a grey or tawny coat mottled with black
    Siamees
    a slender short-haired blue-eyed breed of cat having a pale coat with dark ears paws face and tail tip
    panter, poema
    large American feline resembling a lion
    boskat
    slender long-legged African wildcat having large untufted ears and tawny black-spotted coat
    lynx
    short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears; valued for their fur
  2. noun
    any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild
    synonyms: dakhaas, kattekop, kattenkop, poes
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    luipaard, panter
    large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots
    jaguar
    a large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard; in some classifications considered a member of the genus Felis
    Leo, leeuw
    large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male
    tijger
    large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes; endangered
    cheeta, cheetah
    long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws; the swiftest mammal; can be trained to run down game
    leeuwejong, leeuwenjong, leeuwenwelp, leeuwewelp
    a young lion
    leeuw
    a female lion
    koningstijger
    southern short-haired tiger
    tijger
    a female tiger
  3. noun
    a spiteful woman gossip
    synonyms: katje, kattekop, kattenkop, spin, spinnekop, spinnenkop
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    babbelaar, babbelaarster, babbelkous, kakel, klep, klepzeiker, klessebes, klets, kletser, kletskont, kletskop, kletskous, kletsmajoor, kletsmeier, kletstante, kwebbel, kwek, leuteraar, leuterkous, lulmeier, nieuwsjager, nieuwtjesjager, ratel, rebbel, roddelaar, teut, teutebel, theetante, wauwel, wauwelaar
    a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others
    Mevr., dame, gleuf, gleufdier, juffrouw, mens, mevrouw, mokkel, mw., tante, vrouw, vrouwmens, vrouwspersoon, wijf, wijfie
    an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
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