ALLEY CAT

Meaning of ALLEY CAT in English

noun

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He may have the morals of an alley cat but raping a semi-comatose girl was beyond him.

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I mercilessly left his fate in her hands; it was like leaving a goldfish in the care of an alley cat .

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ALLEY CAT — noun Date: 1904 a stray cat
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ALLEY CAT — noun 1. : a stray cat 2. : a domestic short-haired cat especially when of uncertain ancestry
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ALLEY CAT — a homeless, usually mongrel, cat that scavenges for food in alleys, streets, etc. [ 1900-05 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ALLEY CAT — stray cat, homeless cat
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
ALLEY CAT — Date: 1904 : a stray cat
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ALLEY CAT — Function: noun Date: 1904 : a stray cat
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
ALLEY CAT — ■ noun a stray urban cat.
Concise Oxford English vocab
ALLEY CAT — noun a cat that lives on the streets
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ALLEY CAT — ˈalley cat BrE AmE noun [countable] a cat that lives on the streets and does not belong to anyone
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ALLEY CAT — ( alley cats) An alley cat is a cat that lives in the streets of a town, is rather fierce, …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ALLEY CAT — (~s) An ~ is a cat that lives in the streets of a town, is rather fierce, and is usually …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
ALLEY CAT — {n.}, {slang} 1. A stray cat. 2. A person (usually a female) of rather easy-going, or actually loose sexual morals; …
Slang English vocab
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Dirty English-Russian vocab
ALLEY CAT — {n.}, {slang} 1. A stray cat. 2. A person (usually a female) of rather easy-going, or actually loose sexual morals; …
Словарь английских идиом
ALLEY CAT — stray cat He began to feed the alley cat and now it comes to his house every day.
English Idioms vocab
ALLEY CAT — n. , slang 1. A stray cat. 2. A person (usually a female) of rather easy-going, or actually loose sexual …
American Idioms English vocabulary
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CAT — I or feline Any member of the family Felidae, the most highly specialized group of mammalian carnivore s. Modern-type cats …
Английский словарь Британика
CAT — I. ˈkat, usu -ad.+V noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English cat, catte, from Old English catt, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ALLEY — I. ˈalē, -li noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English aley , from Medieval Latin aleia passage & Middle French …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CAT — /kat/ , n. , v. , catted, catting . n. 1. a small domesticated carnivore, Felis domestica or F. catus, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ALLEY — alley 1 /al"ee/ , n. , pl. alleys . 1. a passage, as through a continuous row of houses, permitting …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ALLEY — I. ˈa-lē noun ( plural alleys ) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French alee, from aler to go Date: 14th century …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CAT — noun a cat o' nine tails. ·see below. 2. cat ·noun a strong tackle used to draw an anchor up …
Webster English vocab
ALLEY — noun a choice taw or marble. 2. alley ·noun a passageway between rows of pews in a church. 3. alley …
Webster English vocab
ALLEY — [al.ley] n, pl alleys [ME, fr. MF alee, fr. OF, fr. aler to go] (14c) 1: a garden or park …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CAT — (family Felidae), any of a group of carnivorous mammals that includes the true catslion, tiger, jaguar, leopard, puma, and domestic …
Britannica English vocabulary
CAT — cat BrE AmE kæt ▷ cats kæts ▶ ˈ cat ˌ burglar BrE AmE ▶ ˈ cat ˌ cracker BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ALLEY — alley BrE AmE ˈæl i ▷ alley|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ALLEY — / ˈæli; NAmE / noun 1. (also al·ley·way / ˈæliweɪ; NAmE /) a narrow passage behind or between buildings : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ALLEY — al ‧ ley /ˈæli/ BrE AmE ( also alleyway ) noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CAT — n. & v. --n. 1 a small soft-furred four-legged domesticated animal, Felis catus. 2 a any wild animal of the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ALLEY — n. (pl. -eys) 1 (also alley-way) a a narrow street. b a narrow passageway, esp. between or behind buildings. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CAT — n. & v. n. 1 a small soft-furred four-legged domesticated animal, Felis catus. 2 a any wild animal of the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ALLEY — n. (pl. -eys) 1 (also alley-way) a a narrow street. b a narrow passageway, esp. between or behind buildings. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CAT — n. & v. --n. 1. a small soft-furred four-legged domesticated animal, Felis catus. 2 a any wild animal of the …
Oxford English vocab
ALLEY — 1. n. (pl. -eys) 1. (also alley-way) a a narrow street. b a narrow passageway, esp. between or behind buildings. …
Oxford English vocab
CAT — ( cats) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A cat is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ALLEY — ( alleys) An alley is a narrow passage or street with buildings or walls on both sides. N-COUNT see also …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CAT — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cow/cat etc swishes its tail (= quickly moves it from side to side ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ALLEY — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES alley cat blind alley ▪ False information has led the police up a series of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Cambridge English vocab
ALLEY — alleyway [noun] [C] - a narrow road or path between buildings, or a path in a park or garden, esp. …
Cambridge English vocab
CAT — n. Abyssinian cat Burmese cat calico cat cat's eye domestic cat house cat Kit Cat Club Maine coon cat Manx …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CAT — See: COPY CAT, CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT, FRAIDY-CAT or FRAID-CAT or SCAREDY CAT OY SCARED-CAT, HOLY CATS, LET THE CAT …
Slang English vocab
ALLEY — See: BLIND ALLEY, DOWN ONE'S ALLEY or UP ONE'S ALLEY.
Slang English vocab
ALLEY — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ dark , darkened ▪ deserted , empty ( esp. AmE ) ▪ little , narrow ▪ a …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary

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