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dead cats

dead cats is the plural of dead cat.

Meaning of dead cat

Noun (1)

dead cat (plural dead cats)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dead, cat.
  2. (figuratively, sound engineering) A furry windscreen; a furry cover placed over a microphone to muffle the sound of wind.
    • "A camera operator needs batteries, lenses, cards, filters. A wardrobe supervisor has racks of costumes. A sound recorder carries a dead cat on a stick. But a director only needs his folder."2012 August 16, Neil Oseman, Inside the Director's Folder

Noun (2)

dead cat (plural dead cats)

  1. (figuratively, neologism) A shocking or sensational announcement made in order to distract one's political base from existing problems and previous failures.
    • dead cat strategy

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Questions about dead cats

What is dead cats the plural of?
Dead cats is the plural of dead cat.

Words near dead cats in the dictionary

  1. dead cakes
  2. dead calm
  3. dead cat
  4. dead cat bounce
  5. dead cat bounces
  6. dead cats
  7. dead catted
  8. dead catting
  9. dead center
  10. dead centers
  11. dead centre

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