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Kat

name, noun, phrase

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A diminutive of the female given names Katharine or Katherine.

    "During her childhood she was a romanticized Katherine, dressed by her misty-eyed, fussy mother in dresses that looked like ruffled pillowcases. By high school she'd shed the frills and emerged as a bouncy, round-faced Kathy - - - At university she was Kath, blunt and no-bullshit in her Take-Back-the-Night jeans and checked shirt - - - When she ran away to England, she sliced herself down to Kat. It was economical, street-feline, and pointed as a nail."

Noun
  1. 1
    An ancient Egyptian unit of weight, one fiftieth of an avoirdupois pound.
  2. 2
    Alternative spelling of khat. alt-of, alternative, uncountable
  3. 3
    Alternative form of gat. alt-of, alternative
  4. 4
    the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant wordnet
Phrase
  1. 1
    Initialism of kill all taigs. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Etymology

From Egyptian kꜣt.

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