black cat
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black cat¹
noun black cats
- A fisher, North American marten that has thick brown fur (Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti).
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, cat.
verb black cats · black catting · black catted
- To do better than another in some respect; to one up. The team name derives from the Lynx wildcat of 702 Naval Air Squadron’s badge and also the naval slang of “Black Catting” which implies having done or owned something better than anyone else.
Black Cat²
noun Black Cats
- someone connected with Sunderland Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc. Understandably the teams were hyped for their 132nd league meeting, but Steve Bruce's Black Cats were also looking to settle a score having been humiliated 5-1 at St James' Park at the end of October.
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noun black-furred cat
| Español | gato negro |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 검은 고양이 geomeun goyang'i |
| 日本語 | 黒猫 kuro neko |
| 中文 | 黑貓 /黑猫 hēimāo |
| हिन्दी | काली बिल्ली kālī billī, काला बिल्ला kālā billā |
| Português | gato preto |
| Français | chat noir |
| Deutsch | schwarze Katze |
| Italiano | gatto nero |
| Ελληνικά | μαύρη γάτα mávri gáta |
| Русский | чёрный кот čórnyj kot, чёрная кошка čórnaja koška |
| Tiếng Việt | mèo mun, mèo đen |
| العربية | القطة السوداء |
| עברית | חתול שחור khatúl shakhór |
Talk about this word "black cat." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/black%20cat. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. black cat. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/black%20cat "black cat." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/black%20cat.
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@misc{black_cat_2026,
title = {black cat},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/black%20cat},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
