Cath
//kæθ// name, noun, verb, slang
name, noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Clipping of cathode. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
- 2 Clipping of catheter. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
- 3 Clipping of cathinone. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
- 4 Clipping of Catholic. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Verb
- 1 Clipping of catheterize (“to insert a cath(eter) into a cavity”). abbreviation, alt-of, ambitransitive, clipping, informal
"At the spina bifida camp, we've had about twenty-five kids lining up outside the "Med Shed," needing to be cathed before breakfast."
Proper Noun
- 1 A diminutive of the female given name Catherine.
Example
More examples"At the spina bifida camp, we've had about twenty-five kids lining up outside the "Med Shed," needing to be cathed before breakfast."
Etymology
Etymology 1
Clipping of Catherine.
Etymology 2
Clippings of various words, based on their shared suffix cath-, primarily from Ancient Greek κᾰθ’ (kăth’), κᾰτᾰ́ (kătắ, whence English cata-); the cath- in cathinone is from Catha, the genus name of Catha edulis, a Latinization of Arabic قات (qāt), the plant's native name (whence English khat).
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