shooting the cat
shooting the cat is the present participle and gerund of shoot the cat.
Meaning of shoot the cat
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)
- 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
- “[…] I am telling you the man is as sick as a— a—”
Questions about shooting the cat
- What is shooting the cat the present participle and gerund of?
- Shooting the cat is the present participle and gerund of shoot the cat.
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