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cáitín — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • moggy noun A domestic cat, especially (depreciative or derogatory) a non-pedigree or unremarkable cat.
  • nap verb To sleep briefly, especially during the day.
  • pile noun A number of things heaped or stacked on top of each other.
  • pouting noun The act or expression of sticking out the lips in displeasure or sulkiness.

Senses

cáitín is used for these senses in English:

  • catkin (botany) A type of inflorescence, consisting of an axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the willow and poplar.
  • moggy (UK, Irish, Commonwealth) A domestic cat, especially (depreciative, _, or, _, derogatory) a non-pedigree or unremarkable cat.
  • nap A soft or fuzzy surface, generally on fabric or leather.
  • pile Hair, especially when very fine or short; the fine underfur of certain animals. (Formerly countable, now treated as a collective singular.)
  • pouting A fish in the cod family (Gadidae), Trisopterus luscus.

moggy — full definition

  1. noun A domestic cat, especially (depreciative or derogatory) a non-pedigree or unremarkable cat.
  2. noun Synonym of girl: a female child or young woman.
  3. noun Synonym of slattern: an unkempt or badly-dressed woman.
  4. noun Synonym of scarecrow.

nap — full definition

  1. verb To sleep briefly, especially during the day.
  2. noun A short period of sleep, especially during the day.
  3. noun The short raised fibres on the surface of fabric or leather.

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