alley cat

See also: alleycat

English

An alley cat in Jerusalem

Noun

alley cat (plural alley cats)

1. An urban feral cat.

   Hypernym: feral cat

2. (figurative, humorous) A sexually promiscuous person, especially a woman.
   1. A female prostitute.
3. (cycling) An informal bicycle race with checkpoints.

Translations

urban feral cat

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 衚衕貓／胡同猫 (hútòngmāo)

• Dutch: straatkat f, zwerfkat (nl) f
• Finnish: kujakissa
• French: chat de gouttière (fr) m
• German: Straßenkatze (de) f, Streunerkatze (de) f
• Polish: dachowiec (pl) m

Verb

alley cat (third-person singular simple present alley cats, present participle alley catting, simple past and past participle alley catted)

1. (slang, intransitive) Synonym of cat around (“engage in sex with various partners”)

Quotations

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See also

• stray dog
• cathouse (brothel)