shoot the cat

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shoot the cat

verb shoots the cat · shooting the cat · shot the cat

UK, obsolete, slang To vomit. “[…] I am telling you the man is as sick as a— a—” “A dog,” Roland supplied. “Shot the cat twice after we got him to bed.”

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@misc{shoot_the_cat_2026,
  title = {shoot the cat},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shoot%20the%20cat},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}