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gib cat

gib cat is the alternative spelling of gib-cat.

Meaning of gib-cat

Noun

gib-cat (plural gib-cats)

  1. (obsolete) A male cat, especially an old or castrated one.
    • I am as Melancholly as a Gyb-Cat, or a lugg'd Beare.c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
    Synonyms:
    gib, tomcat

Forms of gib cat

pluralgib cats

Questions about gib cat

What is gib cat the alternative spelling of?
Gib cat is the alternative spelling of gib-cat.

Words near gib cat in the dictionary

  1. Giauzar
  2. Giavanna
  3. gib
  4. gib boom
  5. gib booms
  6. gib cat
  7. gib cats
  8. gib-cat
  9. gib-cats
  10. Gib.
  11. Gibanga

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