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tearing a cat

tearing a cat is the present participle and gerund of tear a cat.

Meaning of tear a cat

Verb

tear a cat (third-person singular simple present tears a cat, present participle tearing a cat, simple past tore a cat, past participle torn a cat)

  1. (idiomatic, obsolete) To overact; to violently rant and rave on stage.
    • Yet my chief humour is for a tyrant. I could play / Ercles rarely, or a part to tear a cat in, to make all split.c. 1595–1596, William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, act 1, scene 2

Questions about tearing a cat

What is tearing a cat the present participle and gerund of?
Tearing a cat is the present participle and gerund of tear a cat.

Words near tearing a cat in the dictionary

  1. teariest
  2. tearily
  3. tearin'
  4. teariness
  5. tearing
  6. tearing a cat
  7. tearing along
  8. tearing apart
  9. tearing ass
  10. tearing at
  11. tearing away

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