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shoots the cat

shoots the cat is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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)

  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

Questions about shoots the cat

What is shoots the cat the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Shoots the cat is the third-person singular simple present indicative of shoot the cat.

Words near shoots the cat in the dictionary

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

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