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storm cats and dogs

storm cats and dogs verb: to storm and rain heavily; synonym of rain cats and dogs.

Verb

storm cats and dogs (third-person singular simple present storms cats and dogs, present participle storming cats and dogs, simple past and past participle stormed cats and dogs)

  1. To storm and rain heavily; synonym of rain cats and dogs.
    • About 10 o'clock, Burdell pushed forth into the wind and the rain — it was storming cats and dogs — and headed for his home at 31 Bond.1913, Pearson's Magazine, page 376
    • Annie was standing beside the stove, showing her assistant, a Finnish girl from the village, how to flip bacon grease up and over frying eggs. “I think it is going to storm cats and dogs today, Dad,” announced Danny, jerking his thumb […]1934, Nancy Noon Kendall, The New House

Forms of storm cats and dogs

third-person singular presentstorms cats and dogs
present participlestorming cats and dogs
past participlestormed cats and dogs
paststormed cats and dogs

Questions about storm cats and dogs

What does storm cats and dogs mean?
Storm cats and dogs means to storm and rain heavily; synonym of rain cats and dogs.
What part of speech is storm cats and dogs?
Storm cats and dogs is a verb.
What is the past tense of storm cats and dogs?
The past tense of storm cats and dogs is stormed cats and dogs.

Words near storm cats and dogs in the dictionary

  1. storm beach
  2. storm beaches
  3. storm boot
  4. storm card
  5. storm cards
  6. storm cats and dogs
  7. storm cellar
  8. storm cellars
  9. storm center
  10. storm centers
  11. storm chaser

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