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black cat

black cat noun: a fisher, North American marten that has thick brown fur (Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti).

black cat: a fisher, North American marten that has thick brown fur (Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti)
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Noun (1)

black cat (plural black cats)

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

Verb

black cat (third-person singular simple present black cats, present participle black catting, simple past and past participle black catted)

  1. (slang) To do better than another in some respect; to one up.
    • The team name derives from the Lynx wildcat of 702 Naval Air Squadron’s badge and also the naval slang of “Black Catting” which implies having done or owned something better than anyone else.(Can we date this quote?), (Please provide the book title or journal name)

Noun (2) capitalized: Black Cat

Black Cat (plural Black Cats)

  1. someone connected with Sunderland Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.
    • Understandably the teams were hyped for their 132nd league meeting, but Steve Bruce's Black Cats were also looking to settle a score having been humiliated 5-1 at St James' Park at the end of October.2011 January 16, Saj Chowdhury, “Sunderland 1 - 1 Newcastle”, in BBC

black cat meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Assamese

black cat in Hindi

black-furred cat
काली बिल्ली kālī billī, काला बिल्ला kālā billā

black cat in Tamil

கருப்புப் பூனை, கரும்பூனை

black cat in Bengali

black-furred cat
কালো বিড়াল kalō biṛal

black cat in Assamese

black-furred cat
ক’লা মেকুৰী köla mekuri
More languagesFewer languages
black cat in Arabic
القطة السوداء
black cat in Indonesian
kucing hitam
black cat in Thai
แมวดำ mɛɛo dam
black cat in Vietnamese
mèo mun, mèo đen

Forms of black cat

Noun
pluralblack cats
pluralBlack Cats
Verb
third-person singular presentblack cats
present participleblack catting
past participleblack catted
pastblack catted

Questions about black cat

What does black cat mean?
Black cat means a fisher, North American marten that has thick brown fur (Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti).
What is black cat in Hindi?
Black cat in Hindi is काली बिल्ली (kālī billī), काला बिल्ला (kālā billā). See Black cat meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is black cat?
Black cat can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of black cat?
The plural of black cat is black cats.

Words near black cat in the dictionary

  1. black carp
  2. black carpet beetle
  3. black carpet beetles
  4. black carps
  5. black cars
  6. black cat
  7. black cat energy
  8. Black Cathay
  9. Black Cathayan
  10. black cats
  11. black catted

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Adapted from Wiktionary: black cat (page history and authors); Black Cat (page history and authors); black cat (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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