alley cat

See also: alleycat

English

An alley cat in Jerusalem

Pronunciation

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Noun

alley cat (plural alley cats)

1. An urban feral cat.

   Hypernym: feral cat

2. (figurative, humorous) A sexually promiscuous person, especially a woman.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:alley cat.
   1. A (female) prostitute.
3. (cycling) An informal bicycle race with checkpoints.

Translations

urban feral cat

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 衚衕貓 / 胡同猫 (hútòngmāo)

• Dutch: straatkat f, zwerfkat (nl) f
• Finnish: kujakissa
• French: chat de gouttière (fr) m
• German: Straßenkatze (de) f, Streunerkatze (de) f
• Polish: dachowiec (pl) m

Verb

alley cat (third-person singular simple present alley cats, present participle alley catting, simple past and past participle alley catted)

1. (slang, intransitive) Synonym of cat around (“engage in sex with various partners”)

See also

• stray dog
• cathouse (brothel)