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shoot the cat

shoot the cat verb: to vomit.

Verb

shoot the cat (third-person singular simple present shoots the cat, present participle shooting the cat, simple past and past participle shot the cat)

  1. (UK, obsolete, slang) To vomit.
    • “[…] I am telling you the man is as sick as a— a—”
      “A dog,” Roland supplied. “Shot the cat twice after we got him to bed.”2013, Anita Mills, Miss Gordon's Mistake

Forms of shoot the cat

third-person singular presentshoots the cat
present participleshooting the cat
past participleshot the cat
pastshot the cat

Questions about shoot the cat

What does shoot the cat mean?
Shoot the cat means to vomit.
What part of speech is shoot the cat?
Shoot the cat is a verb.
What is the past tense of shoot the cat?
The past tense of shoot the cat is shot the cat.

Words near shoot the cat in the dictionary

  1. shoot outs
  2. shoot someone straight
  3. shoot the boots
  4. shoot the breeze
  5. shoot the bull
  6. shoot the cat
  7. shoot the five
  8. shoot the gold
  9. shoot the lens
  10. shoot the lights out
  11. shoot the messenger

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