cat-sit

English

Verb

cat-sit (third-person singular simple present cat-sits, present participle cat-sitting, simple past and past participle cat-sat)

1. Alternative form of catsit
   • 1972, Lavinia Russ, A high old time: or, How to enjoy being a woman over sixty, page 194:

     If you are a cat lover, you can cat-sit for a season in some spiffy house or apartment.

   • 1990, Lilian Jackson Braun, The Cat who Talked to Ghosts, page 227:

     Polly Duncan has a new kitten and I agreed to cat-sit, but he turned out to be a wound-up, hyperactive, jet-propelled maniac!

   • 2014, Janine Ashbless, Cover Him with Darkness, page 25:

     Suzana was off to the Burning Man festival this year and wanted me to be home in time to cat-sit, though she'd tried not to hint too broadly.

Anagrams

• Ticats, -static, static, Ti-Cats, -tastic, ticats, attics