transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkats-ˌpȯ ]
noun
( plural cat's-paws )
Date: circa 1769
1. : a light air that ruffles the surface of the water in irregular patches during a calm
2.
[from the fable of the monkey that used a cat's paw to draw chestnuts from the fire]
: one used by another as a tool : dupe
the…government became the cat's-paw for foreign powers — D. J. Boorstin
3. : a hitch knot formed with two eyes for attaching a line to a hook — see knot illustration