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Catwalk or cat's pajamas? Words with a feline sensibility

Word List with 23 words
By Dictionary.com

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cat and mouse

to use strategy on one's opponent, especially while waiting to strike

cat bird seat

an advantageous situation or condition

cat call

a whistlelike sound or loud shout made to express disapproval

cat's cradle

intricacy; complexity

cat claw

a spiny shrub or small tree, of Central America, having greenish-yellow flowers and reddish, spirally twisted pods

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cat's eye

a playing marble marked with eyelike concentric circles.

cat fight

a dispute carried out with intense hostility and bitterness

cat-foot

to move in the soft, stealthy manner of a cat

cat house

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cat heads

a projecting timber or metal beam to which an anchor is hoisted and secured

cat's meow

someone or something wonderful or remarkable

cat o' nine tails

a whip, usually having knotted lines or cords fastened to a handle

cat rat

a children's game in which players in a circle keep a player from moving into or out of the circle and permit a second player to move into or out of the circle to escape the pursuing first player

cat tail

any tall, reedlike marsh plant of the genus Typha, especially having long, sword-shaped leaves and dense, cylindrical clusters of minute brown flowers

one old cat

a form of baseball in which there is a home plate and one other base, and in which a player remains at bat and scores runs by hitting the ball and running to the base and back without being put out

cat suit

a tight-fitting garment of stretchy material that covers the body from the shoulders to the thighs.

holy cats

(used to express surprise, wonder, or confusion)

cat-built

(of a sailing vessel) having a bluff bow and straight stern without a figurehead

fat cat

an important, influential, or famous person

hepcat

a hipster

tipcat

a game in which a short piece of wood, tapered at both ends, is struck lightly at one end with a bat, causing the wood to spring into the air so that it can be batted for a distance.

catkin

a spike of unisexual, apetalous flowers, as of a willow or birch

catwalk

a narrow path, especially one high above the surrounding area, used to provide access or allow workers to stand or move, as over the stage in a theater, outside the roadway of a bridge, along the top of a railroad car, etc.