cattle up
cattle up verb: to gather (a group of people) together into a small space.
Verb
cattle up (third-person singular simple present cattles up, present participle cattling up, simple past and past participle cattled up)
- To gather (a group of people) together into a small space.
- I think Scuba Du is the best operation we have dove with in Cozumel, others have been Dive Paradise and Scuba Cozumel at the Galapago. We were there in low season and had 4-6 divers per boat. I suspect they could have "cattled" us up in one or two boats but they put the whole fleet out.1997 December 23, Re: Cozumel Scuba Du, “William Seiffert, M.D.”, in rec.scuba.locations (Usenet)
- We were led out of the bar and they cattled us all up against the police vans. The cops pushed us up against the grates and the fences. People started throwing pennies, nickels, and quarters at the cops, and then the bottles started.1998, Leslie Feinberg, “In the Spirit of Stonewall” (chapter 6), in Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink or Blue, Boston, Mass.: Beacon Press, →ISBN, page 107
- Synonyms:
- crowd together
Synonyms of cattle up
Forms of cattle up
| third-person singular present | cattles up |
|---|---|
| present participle | cattling up |
| past participle | cattled up |
| past | cattled up |
Questions about cattle up
- What does cattle up mean?
- Cattle up means to gather (a group of people) together into a small space.
- What part of speech is cattle up?
- Cattle up is a verb.
- What is the past tense of cattle up?
- The past tense of cattle up is cattled up.
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