Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, cat. / A fisher, North American marten that has thick brown fur (Martes pennanti).

(nautical slang) To do better than another in some respect. To one up.

(colloquial, usually childish) A domestic cat (subspecies Felis silvestris catus).

plural of reduced cat

(felinology) A short-haired breed of domestic cat having blue eyes and pointed coat pattern, that is, a pale body and dark extremities.

A domestic cat breed.

A structure of platforms and scratching posts designed for a cat to play on / A euonymus

A stretch position, naturally and comfortably assumed by a limber feline or imitated by a human (notably as a gymnastic exercise), on all fours with the back maximally arched and pointing upwards.

Something to be suspicious of.

(idiomatic, sometimes attributive) A team comprising one male and one female, either working as associates or having one as the second-in-command to the other.