cat-cow

English

Noun

cat-cow (plural cat-cows)

1. (yoga) A stretching motion that incorporates the cat and cow asanas, in which a person arches their back first in one direction, and then the other.

Verb

cat-cow (third-person singular simple present cat-cows, present participle cat-cowing, simple past and past participle cat-cowed)

1. (yoga) To engage in cat-cow stretching.
   • 2010, Ashley Koff, “Yoga for Foodies: A Most Excellent Combination”, in HuffPost:

     Well, actually, as attendees learned while we cat-cowed and downward-dog’d, the real instigator was David’s loss to his girlfriend in a common “debate”...

   • 2012, Andrew Belcher, Mind Body Bike: Yoga and the Art of Slowing Down to Speed Up‎^"cat-cow":

     Continue to Cat-Cow (flex and extend) your spine and experience your shoulder blades sliding together and apart.

   • 2018, Amber Leigh Williams, Navy SEAL's Match‎^{"cat-cowing"#v=onepage&q="cat-cowing"}:

     “Cat-cowing is great first thing in the morning,” she said.

   • 2018, Aimee Molloy, The Perfect Mother: A Novel‎^"cat-cowing":

     We continued to meet, registering for the same birthing classes, the same CPR course, cat-cowing next to one another at the same yoga studio.